"Creative cities" student competition

International

deadline for submitting works

23.04.2023

"Creative cities" student competition

organizer: Cracow University of Technology, Zaporizhzhya National Technical University

Krakow University of Technology, together with Zaporozhye National Technical University, is organizing the second edition of an international student collage competition. This year's slogan is "Creative Cities" and works can be submitted until April 23 this year.

purpose

The purpose of the contest is to develop a graphic collage depicting the title "Creative Cities."

As the organizers explain - "Each city was formed and developed through countless creative activities. It was shaped in many simultaneous processes of planning, designing and building. The constant transformations that the urban fabric undergoes constantly require new ideas and decisions. Creativity accompanies cities, their managers and creators on many levels. An inspiring urban environment can also support the creativity of its residents, who fill and enliven it with their own activity. It is difficult to have a clear answer as to what kind of environment does this most effectively. Creativity can be served by both good organization and comfortable conditions, as well as an awareness of still unmet needs requiring changes and improvements. Motivations and pretexts for the creative processes taking place can therefore have a wide variety of backgrounds. "The theme of 'Creative Cities' is to inspire the presentation of interesting and original studies, and the contestants are free to interpret it."

The didactic goal of the competition is to demonstrate an awareness of the inner interdependence of the city with the environment and with man and his creative activity.

Thesubstantive goal of the competition is to create a work of high artistic merit carrying the answer of what "Creative Cities" are or what they are.

The organizers of the competition are the T. Kosciuszko University of Technology in Krakow and Zaporizhzhya National Technical University.

terms and conditions

The contest is an international, artistic student competition of one stage, which participants by application are admitted to participate in the competition. Participants in the competition may only be students of the Cracow University of Technology or Zaporizhzhya National University.

The object of the competition is to create a non-spatial (flat) collage in any technique and save it in PDF format, (maximum file size is 10 MB). The work should be saved so that it allows printing in A-3 format

Participants must demonstrate skills in creating compositions and synthesizing urban issues. The challenge of the competition is also a practical test of mastery of the technique of creating graphics of appropriate composition, belonging to professions, generally recognized as artistic. The emphasis of the work should be placed on indicating the characteristics of creativity in various areas related to the city and its many levels (social, economic, spatial structures, locational conditions, landscape).

Each person can submit a maximum of 2 works. Works can be made in both digital and analog technique (then
scanned/photographed).

Conceptual assumptions should be justified and described (the description should consist of at least three sentences for each work).
For each photograph, its title, date and place of taking should be clearly indicated separately.

Works should be made independently, they must be author's works. Works created jointly (co-authorship) are excluded.

calendar

electronic delivery of works to the email address: kreatywnemiasta@gmail.com by April 23, 2023 at 12:00,
adjudication of the competition: May 17, 2023, during the symposium "Creative Cities",
the exhibition of the competition works will be held at a later date.