PRESS RELEASE #20 - "Interaction and Glasgow School of Art Announce Design Competition for Science Fiction's Oscars"
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INTERACTION, THE 63rd WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION
http://www.interaction.worldcon.org.uk/
PRESS RELEASE #20 - "Interaction and Glasgow School of Art
Announce Design Competition for Science Fiction's Oscars"
GLASGOW, Wednesday 4 August 2004
Interaction, the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention, and the
Glasgow School of Art (GSA), one of Britain's foremost higher
education institutions for the study and advancement of fine art,
design and architecture, today announced a public design competition
for the base of the 2005 Hugo Awards, Science Fiction's equivalent
of the Oscars. The awards will be presented in a spectacular
ceremony, which will form one of the highlights of the next year's
Glasgow Worldcon.
The involvement of the GSA with the competition is particularly
appropriate as Interaction's own publicity and graphic style has
been inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the GSA's most famous
graduate and the architect of the school's eponymous Mackintosh
building.
The Hugo Awards, named after Hugo Gernsback, one of the fathers
of modern science fiction, are the leading awards in the genre,
and are awarded each year by the members of that year's Worldcon.
The award itself comprises an instantly recognisable silver rocket,
whilst the design of the base varies from year to year and is
usually inspired by the history and location of the city hosting
the Convention.
The 2005 competition will be based on two qualifying groups, one
open to students of the School of Art, and the other to science
fiction fans across the world. Shortlists of the best four entries
from each qualifying group will be taken forward to a final judging
panel including representatives of Interaction and the GSA. Full
information on how to enter the competition will be published on
Interaction's website during August 2004.
The competition winner will receive a membership of the convention,
a cash prize, and the opportunity to introduce their base design
as part of the Hugo Ceremony itself.
Vincent Docherty, Interaction Co-Chair, noted that "we are delighted
to be working with the School of Art as part of our commitment to
building close links between the convention and the city of Glasgow.
I am also pleased at a personal level as my father was himself a
student at the School."
Kathryn Howell, Commercial Manager at the School of Art, said "the
Glasgow School of Art is delighted to be involved in the Hugo Base
Design Competition – it will offer our designers and artists the
unique opportunity to get actively involved in this high profile
convention and we look forward to welcoming the 63rd World Science
Fiction Convention to the City of Glasgow in 2005."
Links:
Glasgow School of Art: www.gsa.ac.uk
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: www.gsa.ac.uk/mackintosh/
ENDS
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