- Illustration by Tu Uyen -

Dogma Prize 2023
"Assemblage"

As we breach 2023, the tremor of pandemic fades in the rear mirror, only to be replaced by challenge in different garb. This year’s call for the Dogma Prize is of story-telling, of an Assemblage, of our efforts to make sense in a puzzling world, of linkages from past to present, and from the self to the oneness of life. Artists are renowned for their courage in stepping forth to express, comment, and opine; and this year we seek to encourage such dialect, with a focus on the nature of self, or as some would say, the ‘is-ness’ of life.

… and invites artists continue reading about the theme “Assemblage: Me, my story and I” to then, share their tales…

(Additional texts in Khmer and Laotian are available for download)

Eligibility

Dogma Prize 2023 “Assemblage: Me, my story and I” is open to all artists, with no limits on age, who have their practice in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and commitment to these communities, who create artworks in one or more of the following media: drawing, printing, installation, painting, photography, digital art, sculpture, video and mixed media.

Submission guidelines

Guidelines in Khmer and Laotian. (Please click on respective links.)

Each artist will submit one (01) art work only. The art piece should be produced no longer than two (02) years before the submission date. The submission entry will include the following items:

  • Maximum four (04) images showing full view and close-up view, for the case of 2D work, and including side view and back view, in the case of 3D work. The images will be in .jpeg format, at size of minimum 3MB;

  • For installation piece, a detailed sketch and/or 3D plan with illustrative images are required;

  • A one-page statement to explain the concept and/or context of the work (to be type-written in Microsoft Word document, or PDF);

  • Artist's profile, inclusive of the artist's full name and/or alias, email address, contact number and website (if any)(to be type-written in Microsoft Word document, or PDF);

  • All texts pertaining to the submission must NOT be written directly onto the body of the submitting email.

Candidates working exclusively in the medium of video are advised to provide a link to a video hosting site such as Vimeo or YouTube or to their own site where the video can be viewed

Artists will submit their artworks in digital format to the email address: dogma.prize@gmail.com.

Note: Applications submitted by representative persons or organisations on behalf the artists are not eligible.

All entries must be submitted by 5 May 2023 at midnight.

Submission deadline

The Prizes

Each of the ten (10) Finalists of the Prize will receive:

  • A cash prize of 30 million VND

The Finalists are nominated by the Jury Board of Artist Dinh Q. Le, Lyno Vuth, and Art Historian Pamela Nguyen Corey.

Humor and satire: The artist may take various form according to his/her personal intention to amuse, mock, satirise or subvert. This gives clues for the jurors to glimpse at the artist’s individual circumstance projected onto broader reality and/or socio-political contexts.

Materiality: This refers to role of the materials used to compose the work, which plays in delivering a sense of meaning or significance. The artist’s choice of materials and their tactile and symbolic properties become part of the ‘package’ in terms of creating meanings or making emphatic statements. This includes the use of ‘found objects’ and materials (such as industrial or mass consumer domestic wares), just to name a few, and transform them into contextual intent.

Importance of artist’s statement: It is crucial that the artist also submits a statement to support the artwork, in which the choice of materiality (media, artistic discipline), his/her mental content (thoughts, emotions, experiences) are explained. Barthes suggested that writing and artwork are equal, both are physical and material, both expose and hide and both need to be investigated.

Attitude(s) for
"Introspection"