Competitions BACI 2023

General rules

• Any consumable product that may be needed by competitors (such as American Tape, Plastic Ties, Aluminum, Balloon Shine, Ultra Hi Float, etc.....) ordered and delivered during the course of the Great Sculpture competition must be paid at the time of ordering.
• In all BACI competitions, if competitors wish to polish their designs, the only products allowed for this purpose are sprays called Balloon Shine or Hi-Shine. Other sprays or polishing products will not be allowed.
• Access to the specific competition areas is reserved only for those regularly registered to BACI event and member of a team.
• During the live competitions,  Great Sculptures, Column and Marquees - Giant Delivery Design , the use of cameras, smartphones, video cameras or other media is not permitted except for footage exclusively dedicated to one's personal achievements.
• Pioneer Balloon Company and Balloon Express reserve the rights to use images of competition entries for promotional purposes.
• Competitors may prefabricate and provide signage or description for their entry that includes the following information: 1) Title of the work; 2) Explanation of the work. This signage cannot include the competitor's name since the judging of the sculptures will be anonymous. Signs cannot exceed 40 cm x 50 cm and must be placed on the floor.
• All the sculptures in the  Big Sculptures competition should remain exposed until the end of the event. Therefore, they may not be totally or partially disassembled previously.
• All works from the Column, Marquees and Balloon Figure competitions must remain on display until the end of the event. Therefore, they may not be totally or partially dismantled or previously removed.
• In the case of reproduction of characters or objects covered by licensing rights such as, for example, Disney characters, the person responsible for the sculpture must produce, as an attachment to the entry, a self-certification disclaiming Balloon Express Srl Unipersonale from any responsibility in case of verification by the copyright owner. Please also note that no images of such achievements may be used without the permission of the companies in question.

Penalties and disqualifications

The prescribed penalties will be communicated directly to the competitor who may have committed infractions and to the judges before they perform their function.

Time Infractions

Large Sculptures

There is a penalty as a percentage of the score obtained in exponential order for each excess hour. Maximum excess time allowed 1 hour and 30 minutes. In detail:

• 1 to 30 minutes exceeding 21 hours - 10% of total points received
• From 31 to 60 minutes exceeding 21 hours - 20% of total points received
• 61 to 90 minutes exceeding 21 hours - 40% of total points received
• Over 1 hour and 30 minutes the sculpture will be disqualified.

Marquees - Giant Delivery Design

There is a penalty of 10 percentage points for excess from 0 up to 15 minutes. Maximum overrun time allowed 15 minutes. Over 15 minutes the competitor will be disqualified.

Column

There is a penalty of 10 percentage points for excess from 0 up to 15 minutes. Maximum overrun time allowed 15 minutes. Over 15 minutes the competitor will be disqualified.

Balloon Figure 12 minutes

There is a disqualification for finished achievements after 12 minutes of competition.

Infringement for using pre-assembled elements.

In the case of an offense for using pre-assembled or constructed elements outside the competition rules, disqualification is provided beyond the extent of the offense committed.

Thick metal pipes or bars

Bending of thick metal tubes or bars may be done prior to the scheduled framing and competition times. Such exceptions must be communicated in advance. Failure to provide notice will result in disqualification of the work in competition.  

Infringement for using elements other than those allowed

In case of using other than allowed items such as non Qualatex balloons, spray polishes other than Balloon Shine, etc... there is disqualification beyond the extent of the offense committed.

Voluntary infractions

In all cases of willful damage of other people's compositions there is provision for disqualification and removal of the subject(s) from the spaces of the competitions themselves.
In all cases of attitudes not in keeping with the spirit of the competitions and intentionally damaging the concentration or work of other competitors there is provision for the removal of the subject(s) from the spaces of the competitions themselves.

Infractions for impermissible use of cameras, video cameras

In all the BACI competitions the use of cameras, smart phones, video cameras or other media has been regularized. 

Complaints

Any complaints must be received in writing and delivered by the team captain to the competition manager no later than 3 hours after the end of the competition under dispute.
Such complaints, if any, will be carefully considered in judging by the panel of jurors.