REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL- First Friday Las Vegas

Issuing group: First Friday Las Vegas, LLC (hereinafter FFLV).

Project: for August First Friday Las Vegas event entitled
"Wonderland" (hereinafter Event).... exploring scope, fantasy,
surrealism. All things which inspire awe and wonder.

Description: FFLV is calling artists (groups & individuals),
performers & sound artists (hereinafter Proposers) to help
bring Wonderland to life this August.

We are looking for whimsical, magical, & wondrous installations
that nod to surrealism (reference Salvador Dali, Rene Magrite,
Joan Miro, Grave, Man Ray, Henri Rousseu, Frida Kahlo, Mark
Ryden, David Stoupakis, Lewis Carroll)

All submissions must be about wonder in its many forms. A nod
to Alice in Wonderland is NOT a requirement (but is welcome).

The Event is attended by people of all ages and proposals
should keep this in mind.


Timetable:
Deadline for Submission: Monday, July 7
th
, 2014
Selections made, submitters informed no later than: Friday, July
11
th
, 2014 via email and their designated preferred method of
communication.
Deadline for final specifications, plans, requirements, etc. will be
Friday, July 25
th
, 2014. Note, FFLV reserves the right to relocate,
modify, or adjust the final installment should event
circumstances require. Every effort will be made to maintain the
artistic values and integrity of the installation.
Approved submissions must be executed, built, delivered, and
installed by 3:30 PM Friday, August 1st and must have the ability
to be broken down and removed by no later than 8AM the
following morning, Saturday August 2nd.

Submissions should generally fit onto a 20x20 paved space on
Casino Center Drive.

Submissions must include:
-Proposers full Name of main contact and a secondary contact
-Contacts Phone Numbers
-Contacts E-mails
-Preferred method of communication
-Full written description of your concept accompanied by
sketches, illustrations, dimensions, description of materials,
ALL operating requirements including power specifications, etc
should be included. The more descriptive your submission, the
better. (FFLV will provide a reasonable amount of power on site.)

Submissions to be submitted to FFLV:
In person at the First Friday offices above The Beat coffee shop
at 520 Freemont St. Las Vegas, 89101;
By mail at 520 E. Fremont St., Las Vegas, 89101;
or electronically to FFLV at
submissions@firstfridaylasvegas.com with a file size limit of
approximately 7MB.

Proposer must certify that the work you are submitting is
original or a work that may be derivative from work in the public
domain or is allowed under US Copyright law (refer to the Unites
States Patent & Trademark Office for more information); if
performing, that you have or have obtained the legal right to
perform your work.

If selected, your work will be displayed in a public art
festival...and although attendees are generally respectful of
works, participants assume all risks for their projects. FFLV will
not provide protection, insurance or guarantee against damage
or destruction, nor any indemnification for you, or your
collaborators. By activating at the festival, proposer agrees to
indemnify and hold FFLV and its agents harmless against any
and all claims, demands, damages, liabilities and costs incurred
at the festival, which directly or indirectly result from, or arise in
connection with the project or proposers intentional or
negligent acts related to activities at the festival, including the
building and managing of Proposers project.


Ownership of work: Submitter will retain ownership of any work
displayed or performed at First Friday under the terms of this
RFP. By participating in the Event you acknowledge and agree
to grant FFLV the right to record, film, photograph, or capture
your likeness and images of your project in any media now
available or hereinafter developed and to distribute, broadcast,
use, or otherwise globally to disseminate, in perpetuity, such
media without any further approval from you or any further
payment to you. This grant to FFLV includes, but is not limited
to, the right to edit such media, use the media alone or together
with other information, and the right to allow others to use or
disseminate the media.


Award: First Friday Las Vegas, LLC will judge all the works
awarding one Grand Prize of a $10,000 commission for a
subsequent work or performance to be completed which will
become the property of FFLV and will be displayed at another
FFLV event. Theme, parameters, and completion deadline for
this subsequent commissioned work to be mutually agreed
upon. Proposer understands that the selection process and
decision of FFLV as to the winner is final and at their sole and
absolute discretion. This award will be made and the winner
informed no later than Friday, August 8th, 2014.



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