i would like to announce the upcoming 7th annual International Tournament of Blockades
Rules for Competition:
1. contestant must first construct a blockade. in order for it to qualify as a blockade
it must blockade something, ie your door, a street, a river, your nieghbors door,
thought*,etc.
2. materials: all submissions of blockades must be made out of "ordinary" inanimate
materials
ie. sand, sticks, rocks, cement, bricks, gravel, conglomerate
material, battleships etc.
3. in order to be awrded the winner said blockade must be extensively documented
accepted documentation only includes photographs. aspects of the blockade that
need to be documented
and will be judged on:
a. it's functionality, how well it succeeds in preventing the entrance or exit or
general use of what it's
blockading.
b. permanance: mostly the durability of the blockade, it's ability to withstand
adverse climate changes,
people that would want to remove the blockade, etc.
c. aesthetic merit: blockades will be judged based on how "pleasing" it is to the
senses or how
well it communicates it's function in relation to the
society in which it exists.
or other worldliness, it's structural qualities (ie
style points)
4. all documentation must be submitted no later than july 12 2001, in order to qualify
for any awards or prizes.
photographs can be sent via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or snail to:
Jason Pierce
5626 woodrow ave #j
Austin, TX 78756
5. contestants may have as many entries as they please assuming each entry is a
seperate blockade, and not
different ones blockading the same thing. (ie 2 seperate blockades of the same
door) any entries that fall
under the aforementioned criteria will be counted as a documentation of the same
blockade thus one entry.
6. as well as being distributed various prizes all exceptional entries will be
displayed on my web page
(www.onyxmirr.org)
1st place: winner will recieve 2$ for every contestant that enters
(ie. 20$ for 10 contestants)
not to exceed 50$ cash, a congratulatory note
hopefully from some at least
semi-famous person, and a 1st place ribbon of
achievement.
2nd place: winner will recieve a 2nd place Ribbon of Achievement, a
congratulatory note from
probably a somewhat less famous person, and a
scholarship to MIT if said contestant
qualifies for such and submits the neccessary forms
to MIT and so forth
3rd place: winner will recieve a 3rd place Ribbon of achievement,
maybe a congratulatory note,
and a no expenses paid vacation to Calcutta,
probably the largest city in India
(population wise
that is)
* the judging of "mental" blockades relies solely on the discretion of the panel
judging the tournament. hence
"mental" blockade entries could be disqualified, or awarded a prize. so "mental"
blockade documentation
should be submitted only with the understanding that the entry is submitted at
the contestants own risk.
i look forward to viewing all the entries and want to wish all the contestants the
best of luck. if you have any
questions feel free to email me at the above email address.
sincerely,
Jason Pierce
Coordinating Chairman,
Tournament of Blockades Committee
