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International Competition for a Permanent Memorial to Honour Victims of Slavery
UNESCO and the Permanent Memorial Committee are inviting creators and visual arts professionals to submit original ‘site specific’ artwork projects for the creation of a Permanent Memorial to honor the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade. The deadline is the 19 December 2011.
The theme chosen for the competition is: Acknowledging the Tragedy; Considering the Legacy; Lest We Forget
Artists, designers, sculptors and other visual arts professionals are invited to submit their proposals, by 19 December 2011.
The winner’s prize is USD 50,000.
This memorial will assist in fulfilling the international community's commitment of to honor the victims of slavery, contained in paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as adopted in 2001 at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance.
This competition also highlights UNESCO's concrete contribution to this year 2011, declared by the United Nations as the International Year for People of African Descent.
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For more information see Call for Paricipation: International Competition for a Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery.
Organised by: UNESCO and the Permanent Memorial Committee
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