Eco competition among students and schoolchildren of Kyrgyzstan Sustainable Art & Design "From garbage to Art"

March 10, 2023

The Center for Civic Engagement of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) is pleased to announce a creative competition among young people aged 14-30 years, dedicated to environmental protection, waste management (waste collection, recycling), upcycling, popularization of eco-conscious behavior, eco-habits in everyday life.

The aim of the contest is to create works of ecological (sustainable) art:

1) a series of photos, videos, animations, drawings, games, comics, graphic design, collage, song, poem or dance on the themes of the contest;

2) upcycling – new useful products and crafts made of "garbage" and unnecessary things that cannot be used for their intended purpose, thereby reducing waste and giving a second life to old things (sculptures, clothing collection, bags, shoes, jewelry, interior items, paintings, murals, ikebana, installations, mosaics, etc.)

Let's help Kyrgyzstan become cleaner together, preserve our nature, and be more conscious! Tell others about environmental problems – garbage, excessive consumption of goods and services, pollution of the environment (water, soil, air, destruction of animals and plants), how and what everyone can do in their daily life so as not to harm the environment – through ART!

WHO CAN TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITION?

The age of the contestants is 14-30 years.

The competition accepts teamwork (the number of people in the team is not limited) and individuals. Members of the same team can be of different ages, and from different educational institutions, departments/faculties /classes. The team leaders can be school teachers/university teachers.

To participate in the competition, you must fill out an application BY March 17, 2023: full name, school \ university, faculty and course / class, team / individual, contact details, work format (photo, video, animation, upcycling product, sculpture, etc.), a brief description of the idea (5-10 suggestions). You may register via this link

The works for the competition can be submitted in Russian, Kyrgyz, and English.

WHEN AND WHERE SHOULD I SEND MY WORK?

All works (photos, videos, animations, etc.), as well as photos of upcycling products for the competition, must be sent by April 10, 2023, to the email: cce@auca.kg marked "The 2nd 6R Fest".

Upcycling products must be brought to AUCA independently in advance, before April 13 (so that we can prepare them for the festival), at the address: Aaly Tokombayev str., 7/6.

For any questions, please contact: 0 555 11 55 40 – call, W/A (Margarita, project coordinator).

HOW TO SEND WORKS TO THE CONTEST CORRECTLY?

It is necessary to attach photos, screenshots, and working links to environmental content materials that you used when creating your creation for the competition work.

The video/animation should be of good quality (made in good lighting, clear, and not blurred). The sound on the video should be without extraneous noise, the speakers should be clearly visible and audible. The video can be shot on a camera or phone (this does not affect the jury's assessment). The duration of the video is no more than 10 minutes. Before submitting work for the competition, the finished video must be uploaded to one of the video hosting sites (YouTube, etc.) or to a social network. We need to copy and send a direct link to the video to the contest.

The author's photo (series of photos, collage) should be of good quality (made in good light, clear, and not blurred). Send photos and graphic images in JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and WEBP formats.

If you plan to send a drawing to the contest, it should be scanned or photographed, making a clear, not flash-lit photo.

The finished craft /upcycling product must be photographed in such a way that it is possible to consider all the details of the work. The image of the product must occupy at least 70% of the photo. Or take 3-4 photos of your work from different angles. Alternatively: take a video presentation of the product and provide a direct link to the video (see the paragraph above about the video).

A poem, song, or dance of your own composition on an environmental topic will also need to be filmed and sent us a link (see the paragraph about the video above).

WHERE CAN I SEE THE CONTEST ENTRIES?

ALL competitive works will be demonstrated at the 2nd 6R Fest dedicated to the topic of waste management, which will be held at AUCA on April 15. ALL the guests who came to the festival will see your works. We will also publish the contest entries and the results of the contest on the AUCA website and social networks.

RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION

We will announce the names of the winners of the competition during the 6R Fest at the award ceremony on April 15, 2023.

According to the results of the competition, the THREE best competitive works will be selected in 3 nominations - "Best upcycling", "Ecocreative" and "Best eco-practics/eco-ideas".

The winners will receive interesting PRIZES!

HOW AND WHO WILL EVALUATE THE CONTEST ENTRIES?

The contest entries will be evaluated by an authoritative jury of representatives of AUCA, AUCA Innovation College, and partner organizations (we will tell you more about the jury members closer to April 10).

By April 10, 2023, it is necessary to send competitive works for consideration by the jury. From April 10 to 13, the jury will study all the works and choose the winners. You will learn the results of the competition on April 15 at the festival.

Criteria for the selection of competitive works:

1) THE WORK SHOULD HAVE ITS OWN. Don't pass off other people's work as your own. All works will be checked for plagiarism. And if it turns out that your work is partially or completely borrowed from another author, then it will be withdrawn from participation in the competition!

2) creativity, non-standard approach to the eco-system, aesthetics;

3) the quality of presentation and presentation of the idea of the work (clear idea, clarity of presentation, the integrity of the idea and content, culture of speech, etc.);

4) creative recycling of old/unnecessary items or materials useless for other purposes (fabric remnants, wood waste, mirrors, tableware, hinges, handles, threads, cosmetic containers, disposable tableware, plastic, cullet, etc.);

5) a new perspective or ideas in solving environmental problems through creative work;

6) reliability of the environmental information provided.

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