The Terna 02 Prize is divided into three Categories for the national section and into one Category for the
international section.
The categories are: “TERAWATT”, “GIGAWATT”, “MEGAWATT” and
“CONNECTIVITY NEW YORK”.
The three Categories represent an innovative structure urging artists to
give their contribution to the proposed subject; it also creates an interesting integration of different
experiences aiming on the whole at searching for expressions, suggestions and new visual imagery.
The TERAWATT Category is only by invitation and is reserved to those artists who have demonstrated experience and activity in Italy and/or abroad. The Artists will be invited to participate on the basis of the quality of their resume- that must include significant museum exposure that is verifiable and recognized as such. The selected artists will therefore represent the tip of the diamond of the Italian visual research The Curator’s Committee, in agreement with the Jury, will select 30 finalists among all the Artworks included in this Category and among these, the Jury will select the winner who will be awarded according to the terms established in Article 7 that follows. The Artworks registered in this category will be published in the website www.premioterna.com, in the Catalogue and will be displayed at the Exhibit.
The GIGAWATT Category is based on free participation and addresses Italian and foreign artists who work steadily in Italy and as of the Beginning Date of the competition are under 35 years of age. Among all the Artworks participating in this Category, the Curator’s Committee, in agreement with the Jury, will select 30 finalists and among these the Jury will choose the 3 Winners that will be awarded according to the terms established in Article 7 that follows. All the Artworks registered in this Category will be published in the website www.premioterna.com. The 30 finalists will also be included in the Catalogue while only the 3 winners will be awarded prizes during the Prize Ceremony and displayed at the Exhibit.
The MEGAWATT Category is based on the same structure of the GIGAWATT Category, but addresses Italian and foreign Artists who work steadily in Italy and as of the Beginning Date of the Prize are over 35 years of age. Also for the MEGAWATT Category, the Curator’s Committee, in agreement with the Jury, will select the 30 finalists and among these the Jury will choose the 3 winners that will be awarded according to the terms established in Article 7 that follows. Also for this Category, all the registered Artworks will be published in the website www.premioterna.com. The 30 finalists will also be included in the Catalogue while only the 3 winners will be awarded prizes during the Prize Ceremony and displayed at the Exhibit.
The CONNECTIVITY NEW YORK Category is open to Italian and foreign artists who work steadily in New York City. The Curator’s Committee, in agreement with the Jury, will select 30 finalists and among these the Jury will choose 3 winning Artworks that will be awarded according to Article 7 that follows. The 30 finalist Artworks will be published in the Catalogue and only the 3 winners will be awarded during the Prize Ceremony and displayed at the Exhibit.
All the Artworks registered in the MEGAWATT, GIGAWATT AND CONNECTIVITY NEW YORK CATEGORIES will automatically participate in the ONLINE Prize. The web voting aims at involving the entire community and at increasing interconnection between the language of contemporary art and the society’s visual evaluation capacity. Visitors of the website www.premioterna.com may vote for the Artworks during the time frame that starts at 8:00 a.m. on October 10, 2009 and ends at 6:00 p.m. on October 20, 2009 (the “Voting Period”), expressing only one preference. Voting will be anonymous. Any votes received prior or after the Voting Period will not be accepted. The winning Artwork will be the one the receives the highest number of votes. This Artwork will be awarded during the Prize Ceremony, displayed at the Exhibit and published in the Catalogue.
All the finalist Artworks of the MEGAWATT and GIGAWATT categories will also be evaluated by the Committee of Gallery Owners that will select a work for each category to be awarded during the Prize Ceremony, displayed during the Exhibit and published in the Catalogue.
