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Entries now open for Weta Workshop student concept design competition
The prize: an incredible trip to South
Korea with Weta Workshop Co-founder, Richard
Taylor.
Enter now at gcdc.co.nz
Calling creative
Kiwi students: Entries are now open for the 2016 Gwangmyeong
Concept Design Competition. Now in its third year, Weta
Workshop fronts the local division of this international
competition that fosters creativity and collaboration
between New Zealand and Korea. At the same time as budding
Kiwi artists spin their imagination into illustration, their
Korean counterparts will do the same, 9,000 kilometres
away.
Hundreds of stunning artworks have been generated for the Gwangmyeong Competition since its inception in 2014. Last year’s theme asked entrants to imagine a strange and fantastical “mirror Earth,” leading to all manner of vast sci-fi landscapes, extraordinary creatures, water-drenched urban splendours, and quite literally everything in between, landing in the Weta Workshop inbox.
This time, entrants are challenged to dream up their version of a steampunk-inspired South Korea.
“So, imagine Korea as a country
where petroleum-based fuel doesn't exist and everything is
still steam powered. What's your version of this
industrialised, Asian steampunk world? Will you approach it
with a costume, vehicle, your take on the world, or perhaps
a combination of all three?”
-Richard
Taylor, CEO & Co-founder, Weta Workshop
This
year, the Workshop is casting the net wide. Entry is open to
all New Zealand tertiary students, with no limit on the
number of pieces each entrant can submit. The winner will
accompany Richard Taylor on a trip to Korea, with flights,
transfers, food and accommodation covered by Weta Workshop.
2015’s winner was Daniel Voss, currently in his third year
of a Communication Design degree at Massey University.
Runner-up Tahiwi Hunt, himself a recent graduate of
Massey’s College of Creative Arts, went on to interview at
Weta Workshop and is currently immersed in a number of
international projects with the Workshop’s design
studio.
Concept design is not just about technical skill. The great concept designers of the world have a profound ability to evoke stories through artwork that transcends its medium. The very best concept design can leap off the page or computer screen and straight into the cinema, stage or exhibition space.
“For me it
all starts with our design. The written word goes only so
far. It’s up to the minds of these amazing people, and
people like them all over the world, to dream up the worlds
that we’ll visit when we enter the cinema.”
-Richard Taylor, CEO & Co-founder, Weta Workshop
Entries for the 2016 Gwangmyeong Concept Design Competition close at 5pm, 19 September, 2016. The New Zealand winner will be selected by a judging panel featuring Richard and senior members of Weta Workshop’s concept design department. Together, they’ll be looking for strong technical ability, originality, and, most importantly, incredible story-telling.
Enter now at: http://gcdc.co.nz.
For more
information, contact: [email protected]
Call for
entries video: https://youtu.be/ezTa1CZO3B0
Competition
terms and conditions: http://gcdc.co.nz/rules/
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