Privilege in Poster Art: Launch of the Anfachen Award IX Competition
The Hamburg-based poster competition Anfachen Award IX is dedicated to the theme of "Priv-ilege." Designs from around the world can be submitted until April 16, 2025.
Anfachen Award IX addresses a critical fracture point in democratic societies: privilege. Debates ignite, party programs clash, and social cohesion in free societies is threatened by the unequal distribution of opportunities, power, and resources. The Anfachen Award IX offers a platform to explore personal and collective experiences with privilege and to ask: What do privileges mean in everyday life, in political decisions, and in a global context? The submission deadline is April 16, 2025.
As in previous editions, a distinguished jury will select 25 winning posters from the submis-sions. These large-format winning posters will be displayed on bustling streets and squares in Hamburg starting June 17, 2025. Additionally, a touring exhibition through partnership collabo-rations is planned. Once again, Klaus Staeck, one of Germany's most renowned political poster artists, will act as patron of Anfachen Award IX.
Donations and Partnership Inquiries Welcome
artwork © Agnieszka Węglarska
Timetable
16.04.2025 Ende der Einreichungsfrist zum Anfachen Award IX – Thema „Privileg“
weitere Termine:
Donnerstag, der 08.05.2025 19 Uhr Vernissage Jury Ausstellung in der Frappant Galerie in Hamburg
17.06.2025 Vernissage der Siegerplakate in den Straßen Hamburgs’
Jury
Agnieszka Węglarska (POL), Birgit Lohmeyer (GER), Nestory Thobias Owano (TZA), Yoav Perry (IL), Marlis Zimmermann (NL/CHE), 2x Goldstein (GER), Maren Amini (GER), Stas Kolotov (UKR), Dan Thy Nguyen (GER).
Schirmherr: Klaus Staeck (GER)
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About the ANFACHEN AWARD
In 2016, the Anfachen Award started with the topic ‘Women’, in the second year it was dedicated to the topic ‘Tolerance’, in the third year to ‘Housing’, in the fourth year to ‘Water’, in the fifth year to ‘Democracy’, in the sixth year to ‘Nature’ and ‘Humanity’, and in the seventh year to ‘Energy’. With hundreds of international submissions, renowned juries and a unique presentation, first in Hamburg and then in other German and international cities, the poster competition not only inspires the participants, but above all the public. The broad media response has also helped the award from the outset to draw increased attention to controversial socio-political issues.
THE RIGHTS ISSUES
a) The designer declares his consent to the worldwide and temporally unrestricted publication of the
publication of the motifs in print and electronic media for an unlimited period of time, as well as for the presentation
in the context of exhibitions in public spaces and in galleries/museums.
b) The designer transfers to Anfachen Award the non-exclusive right of use to reproduce, distribute and make publicly accessible and/or reproduce the submitted motifs/documents as well as the right to exhibit the exhibits. Anfachen Award is authorised to transfer these rights to third parties. Anfachen Award is authorised to use the transferred rights commercially to refinance the award, for example by selling the motifs as posters, postcard leporello (these two forms of exploitation limited to 3 years) and/or as part of an exhibition catalogue.
c) The designer indemnifies Anfachen Award against all claims by third parties that they may raise against Anfachen Award in connection with the transfer of rights or their utilisation
and guarantees that the submitted works (text and images) are free of third-party rights.