The International Cartoon Contest « Bulls Yes, bullfighters No » (1), edition 2014 invites artists and cartoonists to express their views through the following proposal, each participant will address and develop in their carton(s) in a critical and satirical way around characters that are explained below: rogues, and beggars.
~ The rogues* are « people of the bull »: the public and the bullfighting fans.
It is about the selfish and cruel characters, without scruple or restraint, that in their free time go to a coliseum where they pay money to watch a sacrificial ritual (2). This ritual consists of a bunch of executioners disguised as puppets, there they harass, injure and stab a designated victim, an isolated and trapped individual in a deadly siege, to see him collapse and drag pitifully vomiting his lungs through the nose and mouth on the sand.
Once fallen, left quadriplegic the bull is stabbed in the neck but still conscious (3), and then the animal is mutilated to extract from him macabre "trophies" (the ear(s) and the tail), the dying victim is dragged relentlessly by the head to an area where he will be butchered. The bull will soon be replaced by another victim, another new "toy" that will suffer the same cruelties and torments for enjoyment, pleasure and revelry of the crowd of delirious sadists (4) and often drunken, perverted bunch (5) who perpetuate these heinous practices through systematic recruitment, indoctrination, and the corruption of innocent children (6).
~ The beggars are « the bullfighter mafia »: entrepreneurs and farmers.
They are the traffickers of lives and traders of Souls (7) powerful and influential who profit from the suffering, agony and death of defenseless and completely innocent: bulls and horses at their mercy.
Not content with this, mercilessly exploit the vulnerable laborers (8), at the same time they promote and enliven the ethical annihilation, the moral degradation, social degeneration, domestic and gender violence (9), and the corruption of the social and political classes.
To run these inconceivable abuses in the context of a society which, in its vast majority, openly repudiates these depraved activities (10) and criminal (11), they resort to means of paid media communication. They use corrupt politicians and duped altruistic associations, through which state funds are seek to obtain subsidies from public funds, enabling them to finance the events in question and get juicy personal gain.
The general discredit, increasing popular resistance and the gradual awareness of the population, make that this disgusting business be more repudiated each day. And it is for this that the shameless beggars roam miserably from door to door, begging from a council to another, imploring in the municipalities for the money of the people and the communities whose coffers are being plundered (12).
~ Considering the characteristics of the above mentioned characters and their sordid activities, it is clear that they deserve the most careful and urgent attention by professional medical, political, legal and prison authorities, both for the welfare of the persons concerned to ensure the safety of people orbiting around them. All in the name and care of a society that should be compassionate to its lagging elements, but also fair for the population at large, and whose protection, security, and health, our authorities have a duty to ensure.
Notes
1) A whole motto of the abolitionist battle, the phrase « Bulls Yes, bullfighters No », which gives name to our annual contest and international movement, is originally a term coined by Mexican writer and cartoonist Eduardo del Río, « Rius », our honorary president, who used as the title of his iconic anti-bullfighting book published in 1990.
2) The expression is not ours, we took it from the Spanish writer Fernando Sanchez Drago, totemic guru of the pathogens pro bullfighting followers, who is pleased to largely develop the theme of sacrificial ritual to anyone who is willing to listen ... Regarding the origins of bullfighting killings, this author does not hesitate to trace them to Atlantis itself, also does not vacillate in granting the dubious (and sadder) title of « first bullfighter of history » none other than the legendary hero Achilles ...
3) Cambridge Declaration of July 7, 2012: Official recognition of animal consciousness by world prominent neuroscientists, under the presence of Stephen Hawking:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4TfI8D2TgE&feature=youtu.be
- http://www.iieh.com/noticias/339-declaracion-de-cambridge-sobre-la-conciencia
- http://fcmconference.org/
- http://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf
4) Ignorant or innocent who, despite of what is seen clear and publicly in the arenas, believes that the anger, the grudge, and the sadism of such individuals is limited to only the poor animals and every month, if not every week depending on the season, gives us a sample of the uncontrollable violence of such monsters. Perhaps the most notorious of them in recent years constituted by the case of Rodilhan, where the October 8, 2011 a small group of courageous peaceful and tied on the ground activists were literally lynched by rabid barbarians, blinded by anger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_dP8_73KPM
5) Consult the study: « Psychology of bullfighting followers »: http://s3.amazonaws.com/innkusites/assets/793/original/104020801400157.pdf?1243200834
6) On February 5, 2014, the United Nations (UN), through its Committee on the Rights of the Child (global body responsible for compliance with the International Convention on the Rights of the Child) has formally urged to keep away children and youth of the barbaric spectacle of bullfighting for being a bloody and brutal practice explicitly « violent activity in which the child is exposed since childhood, violating his/her rights to physical and moral integrity ». In short, it is a vector of CHILD CORRUPTION. Indeed, psychologists and psychoanalysts of children have declared that exposure to the bloody spectacles is likely to cause at least ten mental disorders in children. View: https://www.facebook.com/movimientoconscienciamx/photos/pb.421558884558975.-2207520000.1409434065./609442882437240/?type=3&theater
7) Also see the video graphic investigation « Learn to kill », a brief documentary of Pablo Knudsen about bullfighting schools and the corruption of children: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=285754974774095
8) « Animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. They are the result of the active creation of the Holy Spirit and deserve respect. Animals are as close to God as they are men "(John Paul II, January 19, 1990). See also the work of Mons. Mario Canciani » : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=242538672449104&set=a.241269045909400.53304.240564585979846&type=1&theater¬if_t=like
9) Great economic expansion following the restructuring of the sector "bullfighting" in Barcelona: https://www.facebook.com/240564585979846/photos/a.308578382511799.65817.240564585979846/308604952509142/?type=3&theater
10) Domestic violence and animal cruelty:
http://bloc-cat.pacma.es/cast/2014/08/26/la-violencia-domestica-y-el-maltrato-animal-entrevista-a-la-dra-nuria-querol/
- http://www.gevha.com/analisis/articulos/violencia-general/1173-violencia-domestica-y-maltrato-a-los-animales
- http://www.academia.edu/1849435/Violencia_domestica_y_maltrato_a_los_animales
11) Bullfights are expressly prohibited in 96% of the countries in the world, where they are considered a crime and punished as such. In half of the remaining 4%, the eight ones that allow it (Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and France), these « spectacles » are not even allowed on the entire territory ... The best example of this is undoubtedly France, where a bullfighter who tortures a bovid out of the eleven specific areas is tolerated by term « exception to the law » (« Alinéa 3 »), is considered legally as « criminal » and punished with two years of prison and a fine of 30.000 euros.
12) On September 9, 2014, the FBI classified animal abuse as « crime against society », formally including abandonment, cruelty and torture against animals, to « murder, drug trafficking, assault, [and] arson », no less. The following is what the FBI considers animal cruelty in its report: « take intentionally, knowingly or recklessly action to mistreat or kill an animal, such as torture, torment, maul, damage, poison or abandonment ». Also evokes « the transportation or confinement of an animal so that it can cause injury or death; force an animal to fight with another; as well as excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain, the use of objects to hit or hurt an animal. » As seen above with the exception of poisoning, bullfights themselves absolutely fall under the grounds of abuse and cruelty as criminal acts identified by the FBI.
13) Quoting for example Galicia Mellor Sen Touradas brilliant campaign (http://www.galiciamellorsentouradas.org/) currently underway and close to abolish bullfighting in that community in northern Spain, also the legislative initiative Bread and Bulls (http://www.panytoros.es/), both focuses on the complaint and removal of subsidies to bullfighting and the political-financial privileges to the tauromafia.
CONTEST RULES
To send your image you have to enter this link:
a) Contestants may get the support, to perform their work in the book values « Toros Sí, toreros No » of author Eduardo del Río (Rius), as well as the information available on the official site of the event on Facebook, and of the participant NGOs **, where images and documentation about the anti-bullfighting Movement and news on the topic is regularly published.
THE CARTOONS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE INTERNET SITE OF THE CONTEST BASED ON THE CRITERIA OF THE JURY (NOT ALL THE ONES THAT ARE RECEIVED WILL ENTER THE CONTEST). THE JURY WILL DECIDE, BEING THEIR FINAL DECISION.
b) Contestants will receive an e-mail confirming the receipt of their work; if in one week your work has not been published, we will appreciate if you contact us at: movimientoconscienciamx@gmail.com
c) The Contest is open to all artists and amateur cartoonists, students, professionals and the public at large around the world as long as they are 18 years old as of October 4, 2014.
d) Each contestant can participate with as many cartoons as they want that have not been awarded in other contests. For each participating cartoon, a registration will have to be filled out separately.
e) Cartons must be owned by the contestant, free from copy rights and responsibilities to third parties: companies, institutions, publishers, contests, etc. In case of any legal situation arise, the participant is solely responsible.
f) We will not receive originals or copies of the work physically, but only images in digital form, so the organizers will not return, deliver or have the responsibility of the original images that are competing. Furthermore, the author gives the rights of his/her work for publication by any means available.
g) All work identified as plagiarism will be ruled out of the contest.
h) The winners will be notified via e-mail during the first two weeks of June 2015. In order to receive the prizes, the contestant, will have to show an official ID.
i) This invitation is open from Saturday October 4, 2014 to Tuesday June 30th, 2015.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
The technique is free, using one of the various drawing materials such as ink, watercolor, printmaking, oil or acrylic painting, etc., on any support material, such as paper, cardboard, or canvas for drawing or traditional images created from vectors, to be scanned and sent via the form below. Photographs must not be manipulated or retouched or modified of any existing designs, only cartoons made specifically for this contest will be accepted.
What is a cartoon? (Link)
DEADLINE
To send your image you have to enter this link:
IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE, THE FOLLOWING FORM will have to be filled out and the image will be sent through the function available.
THE IMAGES WILL HAVE TO BE SENT WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATIONS:
- VERTICAL FORMAT: 21 CM WIDE BY 27 CM TALL.
- HORIZONTAL FORMAT: 27 CM WIDE BY 21 CM TALL.
- RESOLUTION: 300 DPI JPG FORMAT.
- THE FILE WITH THE IMAGE HAS TO HAVE THE SAME NAME AS THE TITLE OF THE DRAWING.
At the time that participants send the form, they accept to follow the requirements of the contest and they are legally responsible for any matter relating to the authorship of the work presented.
Images that represent brands, or items associated or linked with an intellectual or industrial property rights will not be accepted.
AWARDS
I) Jury Award:
• First place:
a) A trophy symbol of peace, evolution and eradication of violence.
b) A copy of the catalog of the selected work.
c) Folder with serial high quality reproductions with the original signature of renowned cartoonists.
d) Publication of the work in the magazine of caricature and political satire The Chamuco and the children of the underworld, as well as in the broadcast network Cartonclub, Latin club caricature.
e) A collection of various books signed by the artists who are part of the jury, and a copy of the book « Toros Sí, toreros No » autographed by Rius.
f) Diploma.
• Second and third places:
a) A copy of the catalog of the selected work.
b) Publication of the work in the magazine of caricature and political satire The Chamuco and the children of the underworld, as well as in the broadcast network Cartonclub, Latin club caricature.
c) A collection of various books signed by the artists who are part of the jury, and a copy of the book « Toros Sí, toreros No » autographed by Rius.
d) Diploma.
II) Winner chosen by the public:
The contestant whose work gets more « likes » in the Facebook page of the Contest will be the winner of the prize of the public (LINK).
a) A copy of the catalog of the selected work.
b) Publication of the work in the magazine of caricature and political satire The Chamuco and the children of the underworld, as well as in the broadcast network Cartonclub, Latin club caricature.
c) A collection of various books signed by the artists who are part of the jury, and a copy of the book « Toros Sí, toreros No » autographed by Rius.
III) Mentions:
In case of a decision of the jury there will be honorable mentions.
IV) Exposition:
The award-winning works as well as a selection of 30 to 40 outstanding works will be exhibited in an iconic venue in the world, as part of an international and itinerant exhibition.
COPYRIGHT
JURY
The jury, formed by renowned personalities will consider the following aspects:
1. Fidelity, originality and creativity in representing the concepts that justify the title of the event (« rogues and beggars against a culture of peace and health »).
2. Imagination, humor, satire, wit, analytical insight, etc.
3. Technical quality.
4. Style and innovation.
5. Artistic intention.
The jury's decision is final. The winners will be announced through all media organizations involved.
MEMBERS OF THE JURY
The jury of the International Cartoon Contest « Bulls Yes, bullfighters No » is composed of eminent personalities who collaborate in a joint and unifying effort for the abolition of bullfighting. In a strategic perspective, each of them provide from their various areas and fronts of activism, their voice, their image and their influence, decisive tools for the prompt elaboration of this project.
Eduardo del Río « Rius »: Mexican cartoonist, story teller and writer.
Ángel Boligán: Cartoonist of the daily newspaper El Universal, the magazine Conozca más, and the humor political magazine El Chamuco y los hijos del Averno; founder of the Cartonclub agency, Latin cartoon club.
El Fisgón: Cartoonist of the daily newspaper La Jornada and the Chamuo magazine.
Hernández: Cartoonist of the daily newspaper La Jornada, the Chamuo and Proceso magazines.
Patricio: Animal rights activist, cartoonist of the Chamuco magazine, Yahoo, and the daily newspaper La Jornada Oriente.
Rappé Monero: Journalist of Milenio newspaper and Chamuco magazine.
Reséndiz Monero: Professor, political cartoonist, collaborator of the Chamuco magazine and Milenio newspaper.
Vladdo: Cartoonist of the daily newspapers El Nuevo Siglo and Portafolio (Colombia), columnist of the Spanish version of the Huffington Post.
Elena Poniatowska: Writter, journalist and social activist.
Francesca Gargallo: Writter and autonomous feminist.
Homero Aridjis: Poet, novelist, diplomat and environmental activist.
Enrique Villaseñor: Documentary photographer, journalist, cultural promoter, academic and researcher.
Francisco Toledo: Visual artist, considered one of the greatest living artists of Mexico, with wide international recognition; social activist, environmentalist, cultural promoter and philanthropist.
Leonardo Anselmi: Director of Franz Weber Foundation in Latin America, leader of the abolition of bullfighting in Catalonia.
Brigitte Bardot: Film icon, activist for animal rights, founder and director of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
**LINKS OF THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZERS
El Chamuco y los hijos del Averno
Cartonclub, club de la caricatura latina
Movimiento Consciencia –International Foundation for the Recognition of Consciousness and Animal Rights
Fondation Franz Weber
México Unido Por el Respeto a los Animales • MUPRA
World Animal Day • WAD
Comité Radicalement Anti corrida Pour la Protection de l’Enfance • CRAC EUROPE
Asociación Animalista Libera! Internacional
ALTO, Plataforma Colombiana por los Animales
Entrelacemos las Garras
Comité Defensor del Bienestar Animal •CODEBA
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Technical support
Fundación Ginaima, A.C.
Graphic design support
María José Padilla
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Official spokesperson for the International Abolitionist Movement
« Bulls Yes, bullfighters No »:
Dr. Paulina Rivero Weber, Professor of Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Contact information: movimientoconscienciamx@gmail.com
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International Cartoon Contest « Bulls Yes, bullfighters No »
« Toros Sí, toreros No » is the original work of the writer and cartoonist Eduardo del Río « Rius », published in Mexico City in 1990. © Editorial Grijalbo.
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