Your guide to enter the World of WearableArt™ Awards

ENTRY KIT 2016

WORLD OF WEARABLEART™

Beverley Dunn,Academy Award winning Set Decorator for The Great Gatsby

Knight Of Fire Maria Tsopanaki & Dimitri Mavinis, United Kingdom

“THE WORLD OF WEARABLEART COMPETITION IS A UNIQUE AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR DESIGNERS OF ALL DISCIPLINES TO EXTEND THEIR CREATIVE THINKING.”

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A WORLD OF WEARABLEART™

INVITATION It is with pleasure that we introduce the themes for the 2016 World of WearableArt™ Awards competition.

WOW® is an international platform for both aspiring and established artists and designers to push the boundaries of their creativity. Launch your career in fashion, film, theatre, design or technology through one of our internships and prize pool of NZD$165,000. Showcase your work of art to an audience of more than 50,000 and have the opportunity to receive national and international exposure through our media programme and curated WOW exhibitions.

This entry kit offers inspiration for your entry. Please visit the ‘Competition’ section of the WOW website for more information and to log in to the online entry process.

As Competition Director, I can help guide you through the entry process and answer your questions.

I encourage you to explore ideas and techniques from your wildest imagination and enter the 2016 World of WearableArt Awards competition.

Heather Palmer Competition Director

Phone: +64 3 547 0861 Email: heather@worldofwearableart.com

Website: worldofwearableart.com/designers

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40 AWARDS Prizes include cash, travel and opportunities to further

enhance your career in the costume, film & fashion industries.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOUR GARMENT ON STAGE AMONGST THE WORLD’S BEST Over 50,000 people attend each year’s show to see the

most extravagant works of wearable art brought to life.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE Every year, a large media contingent attend the show and report on the designers who enter. Previous media includes Huffington Post, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian UK, Vogue, Elle,

Harpers Bazaar, Xinhua and Getty’s Images.

GARMENTS ON DISPLAY IN THE WOW® INTERNATIONAL TOURING EXHIBITION AND WOW® & CLASSIC CARS MUSEUM In partnership with the New Zealand Government, WOW has launched

an international touring exhibition that showcases the very best of WOW’s

historic collection. This exhibition is currently touring in the United States. The

WOW® & Classic Cars Museum in Nelson, New Zealand, also exhibits

wearable art garments from each year’s show.

The World of WearableArt™ Awards is an internationally recognised design competition based in Wellington, New Zealand. WOW® brings artists and designers together from all over the world to compete for one of the richest prize pools for wearable art of NZD$165,000.

Every year, WOW® creates a new theatrical world into which the garments are showcased. Each successful entry is individually choreographed in a two-hour stage spectacular, including world class lighting and stage technology.

WHY ENTER WOW®?

Kaleidoscope Tess Tavener Hanks,

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

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SPECIAL AWARDS

• WOW Factor Award

• First Time Entrant Award

• Shell Student Innovation Award

• Shell Sustainability Award

• Wearable Technology Award

• Wellington International Award

• New Zealand Design Award

• People’s Choice Award

• International Awards – UK/Europe – Americas – Asia – Australia & South Pacific

BIZARRE BRA SECTION

First Place: NZD$4,000

Second Place: NZD$2,500

Third Place: NZD$750

NB: The Bizarre Bra section features in the WOW Competition every other year.

For more information on prizes and awards go to: worldofwearableart.com/designers

INTERNSHIP AT WETA WORKSHOP

The winner of the Weta Workshop Costume &

Film Section receives a four-week internship at the

Academy Award-winning Weta Workshop.

An internship at Weta Workshop offers invaluable

experience and contacts in the costume and film

industry. The winning designer will work at Weta Workshop, the five-time

Academy Award winner for best costume design and visual effects for the

Lord of the Rings, headed by co-founder Sir Richard Taylor.

This section winner also receives accommodation and return airfares from

anywhere in the world to Wellington, New Zealand.

AWARDSTHE JUDGES CONSIDER THE ORIGINALITY, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION & CONSTRUCTION OF EACH ENTRY.

All entries selected for the show will go through a process of three judging rounds to

determine the award winning garments. The WOW® Awards offer NZD$165,000 in prize money and the Supreme Award winner will receive NZD$30,000 cash.

Each section has prize money of NZD$9,700

First Place: NZD$6,000

Second Place: NZD$2,500

Third Place: NZD$1,200

“ARGUABLY THE GREATEST BENEFIT OF THE WORLD OF WEARABLEART IS THE EMPOWERMENT THAT YOUNG CREATIVES GAIN FROM PARTICIPATING OR SIMPLY OBSERVING THE CONTENT WITHIN THE SHOW. HERE THEY CAN FIND A LEVEL OF ENDORSEMENT & ENCOURAGEMENT THAT INSPIRES A CREATIVE OUTFLOW OF IDEAS TO DELIGHT AND AMAZE.”

Sir Richard Taylor - Weta Workshop

Five-time Academy Award winner for best costume design and visual effects - The Lord of the Rings

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AIR NEW ZEALANDAOTEAROA SECTION:

On Reflection Philippa Stichbury, Australia

2016 SECTIONS

Gather inspiration from New Zealand’s rich Maori culture or other cultures of our South Pacific neighbours. Consider body adornment, myths & legends, traditional techniques, flora, fauna and native birds to create a work of wearable art.

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Though normally hidden, the bra has shown itself to have enormous potential for highly creative and witty reinvention. This section has no thematic

boundaries and gives you complete freedom in concept, construction and materials. This section encourages a high degree of orginality and innovation.

AMERICAN EXPRESS OPEN SECTION:

BIZARRE BRA SECTION:

The Stitch WitchSarah Seahorse & Luna Aquatica,

Victoria University, AustraliaRe-Decked

Sebastian Denize, New Zealand

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Gather your inspiration from the opulent, dramatic and highly ornamented style of the Baroque period or the elegant decoration of scrolls e.g. vines, shell shapes, geometric patterns of the Rococo period and create a work of wearable art to adorn the body.

CREATIVE EXCELLENCE SECTION:

Honeycomb Xin Liu, Donghua University, China

WETA WORKSHOP COSTUME & FILM SECTION -BAROQUE/ROCOCO PERIOD

Baroque Living RoomTess Tavener Hanks,

University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Surrealism, Cubism, Expressionism: Select one of these movements and create a work of wearable art.

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PERFORMANCE ART SECTION - THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Nothing But The Truth Thera Hillenaar, Netherlands

WELLINGTON AIRPORT AVANT GARDE SECTION:

Exotic Qianwen Hong, Donghua

University, China

Where art and fashion collide! Create a wearable work of art that is revolutionary, extravagant and extrovert, but still stylish and made with skill.

Be driven by dreams and fantasies, not commercial reality or the usual restrictions of fashion.

This section requires costumes that are inspired by the halcyon days of the circus. It’s 1884 projected into 2084 and the world of the big top and all its glory, its madness and amazement. It’s a bleak place in 2084, when the circus comes to town. From circus freaks, side show alleys to glamour girls and past eras of the circus.

Create a costume to perform in, from acrobats to trapeze artists, clowns to jugglers, characters that would dwell in this surreal world.

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STEP 1Entries open 1 December 2015. Indicate your intention to enter by filling in the online entry form at worldofwearableart.com/designer/newsYou must complete this form before 1 April 2016.

STEP 2Compulsory pre-selection for all first-time entrants. A first-time entrant is a designer who has never had a garment selected to be in any previous shows.1 April 2016 – International16 May 2016 – New Zealand

STEP 3Entries due in Nelson by 5pm Monday 20 June 2016.

ENTRY PROCESS

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1 DECEMBER 2015Entries open

8-10 JULY 2016Judging weekend in Nelson,

New Zealand

23 SEPTEMBER 2016

Awards announced

18 JULY 2016Judging results emailed and

available online

1 DECEMBER 20162017 Entries open

23 SEPTEMBER - 09 OCTOBER 2016

Show season

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DAME SUZIE MONCRIEFFWOW Founder

WOW IS DESCRIBED AS A GLORIOUS REBELLION AGAINST THE MUNDANE, A CHOREOGRAPHED COLLISION OF THE IMAGINATION, WHERE FANTASY MEETS REALITY AND DREAMS MERGE WITH NIGHTMARES.”

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Front cover image credit: Deadly Beauty, Xi Zhang, Donghua University, China

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Strategic partner:

Get Behind Me Satan Rodney Leong, New Zealand