"Politehnica through my eyes" Contest
A challenge for pupils, students, teachers, and UPT graduates
On November 11, 2020, Politehnica University Timișoara celebrates 100 years since its establishment. On this occasion, UPT launches a challenge for high school students (potential future students), students, teachers, and UPT graduates: to express their own creative vision of the Polytechnic, in the drawing/sketching and photography contest "POLITEHNICA THROUGH MY EYES", which starts on September 1, 2020, awarding total prizes worth 10,000 lei.
The competition, held in two sections - drawings/sketches and photography - encourages the expression through sketches, drawings, or photographs of one's image of Politehnica University Timisoara in its anniversary year. The organizers want a more creative, diverse, and unconstrained interpretation of this theme.
The contest rules and the registration form are available in the links below and on the Facebook page dedicated to the competition (www.facebook.com/politehnicaprinochiimei/), where all the details about eligibility and participation conditions are published.
The drawing/sketching section is dedicated to pupils and students, who are encouraged to express their own vision of Politehnica Timișoara, through a work in graphite pencil, A3 format, which they can send, either in person or by mail/courier to the UPT Library, Bd. Vasile Pârvan no. 2B, Timișoara, code 300 223, Timiș County, together with the registration form, available on the UPT website, completed and signed. Any questions can be addressed, by e-mail, to concurs.desen@upt.ro.
The photography section is addressed to pupils, students, teachers, and UPT graduates, who are challenged to send a maximum of 3 photos that fall within the mentioned theme (in JPG format, with a resolution of at least 2000 pixels on the long side, and the total size not exceeding 15 Mb), together with the online registration form, at the address concurs.foto@upt.ro, where additional details can be obtained.
For both sections, the deadline for submission (postmark date for the drawing/sketching section) is 20 October 2020.
The submitted projects will be evaluated by a specialized jury for each section, as follows:
- Drawing/sketching section - Grigore Arbore Popescu- director of the Romanian Institute of Culture and Humanistic Research - Venice, associate professor George Păunescu, Ph.D., plastic artist - the University of Bucharest, architect Drăgan Dragomir, Ph.D. - President of OAR Timiș branch, lecturer architect Vlad Ardeleanu, Ph.D. - Faculty of Architecture and City Planning, lecturer architect Cristina Maria Povian, Ph.D. - Faculty of Architecture and City Planning;
- Photography section - associate professor architect Cătălina Bocan, Ph.D. - Faculty of Architecture and City Planning within UPT, lecturer engineer Ciprian Dughir, Ph.D. - Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Constantin Duma - Agerpress, architect Ovidiu Micșa, Ph.D. - Faculty of Architecture and City Planning, Lucian Ronkov - UPT Image Department.
After judging the submissions, the jury will award prizes totaling 10,000 lei. In the case of the photography section, there are also popularity awards based on online votes on the Facebook page, where all submitted works will be posted. The final results will be announced on November 11, 2020, on the centennial of Politehnica's establishment on which occasion an exhibition will be organized that will bring together all the competing projects.
