In the Tracks of Hercules

 

Guidelines | Entry Form | Conditions | Selection Committee

 

 

General Conditions for In The Tracks of Hercules

 

These conditions apply to the In the Tracks of Hercules event administered by the Selection Committee on behalf of Lucis Trust, London.

 

Submission of Work

� An Entry Form must accompany all submissions.

� The creator of work accepted for In the Tracks of Hercules will receive an Event Acceptance Form with an Event acceptance number.

� The receiving dates, delivery points and venue for the In the Tracks of Hercules event will be notified to contributors by the Selection Committee.

� Work is to be sent, with a signed and approved copy of the Event Acceptance Form, to the delivery points notified by the Selection Committee. Work can only be accepted on the receiving dates notified by the Selection Committee and when signed by its creator.

� The Selection Committee and Lucis Trust accept no liability for accepted works not being shown or included in the event as intended, for whatever reason this may occur.

� The deadline for the submission of Performing arts large scale works - music, theatre, dance - is 31 May 2005. The deadline for the submission of small scale self-contained performance works (maximum 7'), visual arts and literary material is 31 August 2005.

 

Care of Work

(i) The Selection Committee and Lucis Trust will not be liable for any damage caused to work sent for exhibition that occur in the ordinary course of handling, whether such damage is caused by the negligence of the Selection Committee and Lucis Trust, or their staff, or otherwise.

(ii) The Selection Committee and Lucis Trust will endeavour to take good care of work sent for exhibition, but in the event of a work sent for exhibition being lost, destroyed or damaged, other than as stated in sub-paragraph (i) hereof, the Selection Committee and Lucis Trust liability (if any) shall not in any event exceed the value of the work as stated on the official Event acceptance Form or that of any altered price that is subsequently notified to the Selection Committee.

It is strongly advised that artists insure their own works.

 

Collection of Works

� Contributors will receive notice that work has been sold, either by first class post, or by email the day after the event finishes.
� The dates for collection of work after the event finishes will be notified. These are the ONLY days that work can be collected from the assigned collection points. Please ensure that arrangements are made for your work to be collected or sent to you on the days specified.
� Responsibility for works in transit or during the course of the event remain with the owner.
� The owner will pay for all transportation costs and storage, other than for the normal exhibition arrangements.

 

Storage Charges

� Any storage in any place shall, as stated above, be on such conditions as the Selection Committee shall think fit, but, in any event, shall be on terms which exempt the storer from all liability for the safe custody and care of the works or pictures.
� The contributor will not be liable for any storage charges up to and including the event.

 

Donation

A donation of 30% of the sale price of the work will be made to Lucis Trust Ltd for any work sold as a result of In the Tracks of Hercules. Any sale effected by the Selection Committee and Lucis Trust will have priority over a sale effected by the contributor.
� The price of works stated on the Event Acceptance Form should include the donation of 30% and VAT should be included if the artist is VAT registered.

 

Specification of Submissions

All pictures must be suitable for hanging. Frames should have a secure hanging chord or wire and be stout enough to accept small screws for hanging purposes. Any statement of size should be exterior frame size, or, in the case of a sculpture, the longest overall measurement and weight.

Performing duration: maximum of 20 minutes.

Single poems, poem sequences or naratives: maximum of 3,000 words. The Selection Committee may consult authors with lengthy works. All non-English submissions must be accompanied by an English translation.

 

Press Photographs

Unless otherwise stated by the artist by letter, works exhibited may be photographed and reproduced for press purposes in connection with the event.

 

Copyright

Copyright of all works remains the property of the contributor. Any enquiries for copyright will be referred to the contributor.

 

Applications for Entry Form

The In the Tracks of Hercules Entry form is available on www1.lucistrust.org/hercules/

or email [email protected] putting �Hercules Entry form� in the subject box
or write to In the Tracks of Hercules, Lucis Trust, Suite 54, 3 Whitehall Court, London SWIA 2EF.

The signing of the Event Acceptance Form is to be taken as the unreserved acceptance of the entire contents of these conditions and those on the Event Acceptance form by the signatory.