Who we are
Operation da Vinci is a personal project of David Allende i Daroca, there is no company or business group behind the project.
https://allende-daroca.com
opdavinci@opdavinci.com
Any reference to Operation da Vinci in this writing will refer to the project itself, to the website opdavinci.com or to David Allende i Daroca, as its owner and manager.
Purpose of this website
Offer a space where artists can share their artworks selflessly, leaving them in public spaces so that people who collect them can freely enjoy them.
Artists
Releasing an artwork is understood as leaving an artwork in a public space with the intention that someone finds it and can take it freely, without asking for anything in return.
The artist who decides to participate in the Operation da Vinci project, releasing one of his artworks, accepts:
- Leaving one of your artworks in a public space with the intention that someone will find it and take it to enjoy it freely.
- That the artwork that has been released is of its authorship and is not a plagiarism of another artwork.
- Protect the artwork as much as necessary so that it cannot be damaged, for example by bad weather.
- Register on the opdavinci.com website by providing your full name and a functional contact email address.
- Print the letter that you will find in the form you must fill out to release an artwork and attach it to the artwork before leaving it in the public space.
- Provide a real and current image of the artwork.
- Provide your geolocation to indicate the coordinates where the artwork was left.
- Provide a truthful description of the released artwork.
- Do not leave the artwork in areas where access is prohibited.
- Leave the artwork in locations accessible to anyone.
- Do not leave the artwork in places that endanger people who want to access it.
- Facilitate access to the artwork for people with reduced mobility.
- That his artwork can be publicly exhibited if Operation da Vinci decides to hold a collective exhibition of the liberated artworks.
- That the person who has collected the artwork can release it again when he or she considers that he or she has enjoyed it for a sufficient amount of time and that the time has come for someone else to enjoy it.
- Participating in the Operation da Vinci project involves the risk that your artwork may be lost, damaged or vandalized.
- That Operation da Vinci is not responsible for what may happen to your artwork at any stage of the project.
The artist who decides to participate in the Operation da Vinci project, releasing one of his artworks, renounces:
- Claim the return of your artwork.
- Ask for financial compensation of any kind.
- No liability is assumed by Operation da Vinci if the released artwork is damaged, whether due to bad weather, vandalism or any other reason.
- No liability is claimed from Operation da Vinci if the released artwork ends up lost because it was not picked up by another person.
- No liability is assumed by Operation da Vinci if the person who collected the artwork has taken it incorrectly or without providing a functional contact email address, thereby losing traceability of the work.
People collecting a work
Collecting a work is understood as taking an artwork from the Operation da Vinci project from a public space with the intention of taking it freely to enjoy it, without asking anything in return.
Re-releasing an artwork means re-releasing a previously collected artwork.
The person who decides to participate by collecting an artwork from the Operation da Vinci project accepts:
- That the collected artwork is not your property, you only have the right to enjoy it as much as you want and the duty to take care of it as much as possible so that it does not get damaged.
- That you cannot sell the artwork you have collected to third parties.
- To Provide their functional contact email, if they consider it necessary.
- That the collected artwork can participate in a collective exhibition if Operation da Vinci so decides, facilitating its collection and delivery.
- That Operation da Vinci is not responsible for anything that may be caused by the artwork it has collected.
The person who decides to participate by collecting a work from the Operation da Vinci project, waives:
- Ask for financial compensation of any kind.
- Attempt to obtain some kind of economic benefit from the collected artwork.
- No liability is assumed by Operation da Vinci if the collected artwork is damaged for any reason.
The person who has collected an artwork and now decides to participate by re-releasing an artwork from the Operation da Vinci project, accepts:
- Leave the artwork you wish to re-release in public space with the intention that someone will find it and take it to enjoy it freely.
- That the artwork you wish to re-release is not your authorship nor is it your property.
- Protect the artwork as much as necessary so that it cannot be damaged, for example by bad weather.
- Print the letter that you will find in the form that you must fill out to re-release an artwork and attach it to the artwork before leaving it in the public space.
- Provide your geolocation to indicate the coordinates where the artwork was left.
- Do not leave the artwork in areas where access is prohibited.
- Leave the artwork in locations accessible to anyone.
- Do not leave the artwork in places that endanger people who want to access it.
- Facilitate access to the artwork for people with reduced mobility.
The person who has collected an artwork and now decides to participate by re-releasing a work from the Operation da Vinci project, waives:
- Ask for financial compensation of any kind.
- No liability is assumed by Operation da Vinci if the re-released artwork is damaged, whether due to bad weather, vandalism or any other reason.
- No liability is claimed from Operation da Vinci if the re-released artwork ends up lost because it was not collected by another person.
- No liability is assumed by Operation da Vinci if the person who collected the artwork has taken it incorrectly or without providing a functional contact email address, thereby losing traceability of the work.
Operation da Vinci
The Operation da Vinci Project and its managers are not responsible for the artworks that are part of the project itself, or for any impact they may cause or suffer. The website, the project itself and its managers only act as a gateway between the artists and the people who want to enjoy their artwork.
Operation da Vinci is not responsible for how, where and when artworks are left in public spaces or for what may arise from wanting to access these artworks.
In no case will Operation da Vinci ask for financial compensation for participating in the project nor will it promote the payment or collection of any amount from anyone.
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