SICF25 OPEN CALL FOR CREATORS

2023.11.16-2024.2.14

Open Call for the 25 Spiral Independent Creators Festival

Launched in 2000, Spiral Independent Creators Festival (SICF) is an open-call art festival that aspires to discover, foster, and support emerging artists and designers. Organized by Spiral, SICF brings together creative talents across different fields and disciplines to present their work. The festival attracts a wide variety of visitors from the creative industries, including gallery owners, curators, collectors, buyers, and media professionals. Over the years, SICF has continued to expand as a platform for artistic activities, through encounters between new talents and visitors. At the end of the festival, a series of prizes is announced, including the Judges’ Awards, Semi-Grand Prize, and Grand Prize as well as the Audience Award, which is selected by visitors and the Best Seller Award given to the creator who sold the most items. The winners receive the opportunity to exhibit their work again at Spiral.

This year also we are looking for ambitious creators whose work endeavors to transcend existing values.

■ SICF25 OPEN CALL FOR CREATORS

^{Submission Period: November 16th (thu) 2023 - February 14th (wed), 2024}

^{Submit your application before February 14th (wed) , 2024 at 20:00 (JST)}

^{Application free}

^{Bilingual application guidelines and form available here: www.sicf.jp/entry}

SICF25 EXHIBITION

We are searching for creators in the fields of painting, sculpture, installation, illustration, graphic design, photography, video, media art, engineering, performing arts, mixed-media and more, who are challenging the boundaries of genre. For 3 days, the selected creators will be able to express themselves freely, within a booth measuring W1,650 x D1,650 x H2,400mm.

^{DATE OF THE EVENT

Group A: 2（Thu）– 4（Sat・NH）May, 2024［50 exhibitors］　11:00-19:00

Group B: 5（Sun・NH）– 7（Tue）May, 2024 ［50 exhibitors］ 11:00-19:00

※ On the first days of the event, 2（Thu）May , 5（Sun・NH）May the venue will be open to the public from 13:00.

※ On the last days of the event, 4（Sat・NH）May, 7（Tue）May the venue will close to the public at 18:00.}

^{※ Set up will start at 7:30- on the first day of each group and removal will start after public closure on the last day of each group.}

^{VENUE

Spiral Hall（Spiral 3F）

5-6-23, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, 107-0062, Tokyo (Japan)}

^{AWARDS CEREMONY

7 (Tue) May, 2024　20:00（pending）}

^{EXHIBITION FEE / 3 days　¥48,400 (tax included)}

^{[Electricity supply] ¥11,000 (tax included) ※up to 1500W

※ Application is free. The exhibition fee will be required after the applicant passed the screening process.}

^{ZONE SPECIFICATIONS}

^{・The visitors admission to Spiral Hall (Spiral 3F) area will be charged.

・The exhibitors who sell their works will be charged 15% of the price of the work in total by SICF office as handling fee. The shipment of the works is at the charge of the exhibitor.}

AWARDS

^{Grand Prize}

^{・The winner will be invited to present a solo show at Spiral (500,000 yen will be prepared for the exhibition).

・The winner will be introduced on Spiral web platforms.}

^{Semi-Grand Prize/Judges’ Awards/Audience Award/Daily Art Award}

^{・The winners will participate to the Winners Exhibition (group exhibition).}

^{JUDGES

Kodama Kanazawa｜Curator}

^{Noritaka Tatehana｜Artist}
^{Tamae Hirokawa｜Designer

Daisuke Yamashiro｜Artist, Video Director

Ikuko Kato｜Curator, Spiral}

SICF25 MARKET

We look for creators in the fields of design, craft, production and distribution of edible goods and more, who are proposing artistic ways of living, eating and dressing. For 3 days, the selected creators will be able to present and sale their items in an individual area composed of a counter table and the wall behind, measuring W1,500 x H2,400mm.

DATE OF THE EVENT
Group A: 2（Thu）– 4（Sat・NH）May, 2024［35 exhibitors］11:00-20:00
Group B: 5（Sun・NH）– 7（Tue）May, 2024 ［35 exhibitors］11:00-20:00
*Set up will take place on the first day of each group before opening to the public, removal will take place after public closure on the last day of each group.

VENUE
Spiral Garden（Spiral 1F）
5-6-23, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, 107-0062, Tokyo (Japan)

AWARDS CEREMONY
7 (Tue) May, 2024　20:00（pending）

EXHIBITION FEE / 3 days　¥55,000 (tax included)
[Electricity supply] ¥5,500(tax included) ※up to 500W
※ Application is free. The exhibition fee will be required after the applicant passed the screening process.

ZONE SPECIFICATIONS
・Spiral Garden (Spiral 1F) is an admission free area.
・The exhibitors will be charged 20% of the price of the items by SICF office as handling fee. The client’s payment is to be made at one of the register located within the venue.

AWARDS
Grand Prize
・The winner will be invited to present a solo show at Entrance (Spiral 1F) (300,000 yen will be prepared for the exhibition).
・The winner's items will be introduced in a commercial exhibition at Spiral Market (Spiral 2F) and/or in one of 「+S」Spiral Market stores.
・The winner will be introduced on Spiral digital platforms.
Semi-Grand Prize/Judges’ Awards/Best seller Award
・The winners will participate to the Winners Exhibition (group exhibition).

JUDGES
Yuka Shiramoto｜Art Director, Graphic Designer
Keita Suzuki｜Designer, Creative Director, PRODUCT DESIGN CENTER
Dai Fujiwara｜DDI Representative/Designer, Creative Director, Artist
Naoko Nishimura｜Senior Buyer, Manager, Product Merchandise Division, Retail Sales Department, Spiral

^{Bilingual application guidelines and form available here: www.sicf.jp/entry}

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