PROJECTS COAL PRIZE 2025: Freshwater

The COAL Prize 2025 dedicated to fresh water is a call to fight against the drying up of our sensitivities towards WATER, to elevate it to its rightful place at the heart of general attention, to rehabilitate it in its symbolic and sacred prerogatives, to consider it as the ally and partner of our existences.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Ten artists are nominated by a selection committee of professionals for their projects submitted in response to this international call for entries. The Prix COAL and its special mentions are awarded from among these ten projects by a jury made up of representatives of the partner organizations and personalities from the fields of art and ecology. In addition, all the entries considered by COAL and the selection committee help to make known artists and projects that may be solicited or promoted according to other opportunities and actions carried out by the association and its partners.

The composition of the jury will be revealed this spring.

CRITERIA

Applicants will be judged on the following criteria: artistic value, relevance (understanding of the theme – Being Transformative), originality (the ability to introduce new approaches, themes, and points of view), pedagogy (ability to get a message across and raise awareness), social and participative approaches (engagement, testimony, efficiency, societal dynamics), eco-design and feasibility. The COAL Prize supports artistic projects in progress. The award is not intended to cover all production costs of the project but should be considered as an aid to its development.

APPLICATION

The application must include the following documents in a single pdf file named NAME_Firstname_2025_Project-Title (the file must not exceed 30 MB):

– Download the application form HERE

– A detailed description of the proposed project, describing its artistic dimension, and its relevance to the theme ‘Being Transformative’, including a note on the technical feasibility of the project and a budget estimation

– At least two visuals illustrating the project

– A CV and a portfolio

All proposals must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. on April 20, 2025, on the COAL server: