The following text was provided by J2050 on the Just Jerusalem website and in the Competition booklet:
Submission Guidelines
UPDATED – September 19, 2007
IMPORTANT: EVERYONE wishing to submit a proposal or be on a team to submit a proposal MUST REGISTER INDIVIDUALLY. Details follow below on how to use these individual registrations to create a group submission. Prizes will not be awarded to those group members not registered.
ALL entrants are encouraged to submit via the web. If concern arises about quality being diminished by using lower resolution for films, flash, etc., entrants may mail (via post, not email) their work.
ALL entrants will need to log-in to the website to obtain a submission identification number (submission ID #) to label their project. Submission ID #s are obtained by: logging-in, clicking on the "Submission" tab on the top menu bar, clicking on the "Create new Submission" tab of the left hand menu bar, and then following the steps for submission. A Submission ID # will be assigned upon the completion of this process. Only mailed submission will need to physically write the Submission ID # on their project; downloaded submissions are automatically tagged with the number. No entry should contain identifying personal information about the person or persons submitting the project. To ensure fair judging, anonymity must be preserved; entries not following this rule will not be accepted. Only completed submissions will be qualified.
Groups may enter. The online submission form allows multiple registrants/people to create a group submission entry. The first three members of the group will be considered the group leaders. If a group submission wins, the group leaders will receive the prize and will travel representing the group submission.
Mailed Entries
Entrants must make sure that no names or personal identifiers (except their submission ID number – you must log-in to receive an entrant number) are written on the submission. Mailed submissions may use higher resolution or better quality products. Text submissions, A-1 boards, photos, DVDs, and CDs MAY be mailed. Sculptures, models, and instillations MAY NOT be mailed – we do not have the space to store such pieces and they can easily be damaged in transit. Except for the 60MB limit, all of the parameters below are still valid. Mailed submissions may be larger than a 60MB file size, but please be conscious of the needs of larger programs and files for running (processor speeds, graphics, memory, etc.). All mailed submissions must be postmarked by December 31, 2007. Entries MAY NOT be split between web submission and mailed submission; they must be only submitted via one method.
Abstract
The abstract should be no more than 300 words and be on a separate sheet (page) of paper. Remember to place your submission ID number on the abstract but no other personal identification.
Narrative Text
ALL submissions, even art and design entries, must be accompanied by a narrative text (except in the case of an academic paper where ALL of the following information is included within the text). For narrative text format and parameters, please see “Text” under “Format & Parameters” below. The narrative text has no length requirement, but will be probably be 3-7 pages. It must include a clear stance on the following areas:
1. Your overall vision of a just, peaceful and sustainable Jerusalem in the year 2050:
a) What comprises or defines your just, peaceful, and sustainable Jerusalem in 2050?
b) How would you describe this Jerusalem in spatial, physical, symbolic, or other terms?
c) What are the motivations underlying your vision for this city in the year 2050?
d) Under which of the following political scenarios would you like to make your entry, and why:
i. Jerusalem as capital of two states
ii. Jerusalem as capital of one state (specify which one)
iii. Jerusalem as an international city (Corpus Separatum)
iv. Other: specify
2. In what ways does this political scenario contribute to your vision of Jerusalem as a just, peaceful, and sustainable city by the year 2050?
a) Your project’s relationship to the specific track (physical, economic, physical, or symbolic infrastructure) in which you are entering:
b) Why did you select this track and/or project as a means for realizing your above-stated vision of a just, peaceful, and sustainable Jerusalem by the year 2050? In other words, what is the causality between the project and the creation of a just, peaceful, sustainable, and humanist Jerusalem in the future?
c) How does your project relate to the city as a whole?
d) How does your project for the future relate to the contemporary reality of Jerusalem?
3. The logic of your creative process:
a) Please describe the creative process by which you arrived at your project. What persons, events, ideals, interactions, or concerns guided you?
b) Why do you consider your project a new or innovative approach to the problems of Jerusalem?
Criteria for Evaluation
§ The following criteria are merely guidelines, subject to amplification and interpretation by the jury. Submission will be assessed on the basis of:
§ The potential to reconcile longstanding and seemingly intractable conflicts in unique and unexpected ways
§ The potential to address or speak to concerns about the city in its entirety, and not simply one location or another
§ The imaginative nature of the submission
§ The extent to which the submission produces new knowledge about Jerusalem
§ The professional, technical, or artistic quality of the project
Formats and Parameters
No electronically submitted entry should exceed 60MB, including the accompanying narrative text. Multiple formats however may be used within this parameter. All submissions must be in English. Anything used that has been copyrighted or patented must have appropriate citation and permission for use of work so that there is no copyright infringement or plagiarism. Any submission in violation of copyright laws or intellectual property will not be considered. Be careful about what software you use or what file format is specified below – we must be able to read the files.
2D/ 3D objects (painting, photography, drawing, comic book, painting, mixed media, sculpture, monument, model, etc.)
· Must be submitted in one or more of the detailed formats. (Suggestions: photo, film, text, etc.)
CAD
· PDF format
Display Boards
· No more than 4 A-1 boards (83x56 cm; 32.7x22 in.)
Film/Video & Flash
· No more than 15 minutes
Models
· No 3D models will be accepted (Jerusalem 2050 cannot guarantee that they own the necessary software for viewing them)
· 3D models should be turned into a film as a “fly through model” or photos, sketches, etc. may be used to convey the model. See Film, Photos, Text, Display Boards, or 2D/3D
Music – Recorded
· Recorded music should be no more than 15 minutes
· No more than 128KB/sec
· MP3 file
Music – Other
· Sheet music should follow “Text” format
· Performance should follow “Performance” format
Performance (plays, musicals, dance, performance piece, urban intervention, etc)
· Actual performance should follow “Film/Video” or “Music” formats
· Proposals for performances should follow “Text” format
Photos (photos, scanned drawings or work, etc)
· No more than 10MB per photo
· No more than 10 photos total submission
· TIF file format
· PowerPoint
Text (academic papers, short stories, poems, plays, sheet music, etc.)
· No more than 30 pages single-spaced pages. This includes bibliography. 10 additional pages of visual or tabular (photos, appendices, graphs, charts, etc) information are allowed.
· If necessary, endnotes (not footnotes) should be used.
· Letter paper (8 ½” x 11”) is the preferred paper size.
Please retain copies or originals of all work so that it will be available for use by Jerusalem 2050 at a later date. We will be displaying many of the entries and will wish to use higher resolution and the physical pieces of models, sculptures, instillations, drawings, etc. that are entered. Jerusalem 2050 will work with the entrants to create artistic presentation of those works chosen for display.
As a reminder, when you registered for the Just Jerusalem Competition, you checked a box agreeing that MIT could use, reproduce, translate, and distribute your submission royalty-free for non-commercial, educational, and scholarly purposes. You also agreed that you hold the copyright to your submission and that any material used in your project that has copyrights or proprietary rights held by a third party will be properly identified and label within the submission. If you would like to review the whole agreement, please click on “My Profile.”
Submission Checklist
§ Registration on Just Jerusalem website.
(ALL group members MUST be registered individually)
§ Log-in and reception of Submission ID number
§ Download or Mail: (make sure no personal identifiers are on the sent materials, except for your entry identification number)
§ Abstract of no more than 300 words
§ Narrative Text
§ Completed project
§ Email confirmation of entry being received (Mailed submissions will receive an email confirmation. Web submission will be shown on registrants “My Submissions” page.)
