UNH Student Image & Video Contest

2013 will mark the second year of the student video and image contest on sustainability. This year, we ask students to consider the question "What Sustains Us?" The contest is co-sponsored with the Museum of Art, UNH in conjuction with two exhibits described below

 

Click here to read about last year's winners


First place: Balance by Kara Gingras ('15)

Second Place: Earth's Floor, Jessica Daigle ('13)

Third Place: Cabin in the Heart of the Woods, Kathryn Quay ('13)


View the first place video, Growth by Kathryn Quay ('13) here

 

About the Contest

The Sustainability Institute and the Museum of Art of the University of New Hampshire first hosted the video and image competition to coincide with the Janury 28 - April 4, 2012 exhibition Chris Jordan: Running The Numbers at the Museum of Art, UNH. This year, the Sustainability Institute and the Museum of Art, UNH are hosting the annual student video and image contest in which contestants are asked to answer the question “What Sustains Us?”

Two exhibitions in the Museum serve as catalysts for the theme of how specific cultures influences current lifestyle choices and perceptions of the world.

Sacred Landscapes of Peru: The Photographs of Carl Austin Hyatt presents black and white photographs of archeological sites and contemporary life in the Peruvian Highlands. The images depict a vibrant culture that continues to perform sacred rites that have been practiced for generations. The mountainous environment serves as the background for the photographer’s exploration of how spirituality and the landscape intersect.

Running simultaneously, California Impressionism, Paintings from the Irvine Museum highlights 29 artists whose work reflects the spectacular vistas of the Californian landscape during the early twentieth century. This special exhibition, with lush depictions of undeveloped Southern California brings into question our relationship with the environment and the responsibility to preserve and maintain these spaces for future generations.

Students are asked to consider the work in each of these exhibitions before creating their submissions and to reflect on their backgrounds—whether as a native New Englander, or a member of Generation “Y”—every culture has traditions that have been maintained or altered by successive generations. By questioning how personal relationships with families, friends, communities, and social networks are rooted to the environment, we discover how we adapt and respond to external cultural forces. 

We challenge students to tackle these issues and create a truly reflective image or video for this contest.

Prizes

  • First place winners of the Video and Image Contest will receive $250 each, one first prize for video and one for image. 2nd and 3rd place winners will recieve gift packages of giftcards and memberships in the area.
  • Images and videos displayed on the Sustainability Institute website and winners used in Sustainability Institute materials

Spread the Word

  • Poster
  • Announcement of winners: join us Wednesday, March 27, 12-1 PM for a Museum of Art "Art Break" in the Paul Arts Creative Center/Museum of Art where we'll announce the winners! WINNERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.

How winners are chosen 

Winners of the UNH Sustainability Video & Image Contest "What Sustains Us?" will be determined by two rounds:

  • ROUND 1: the top three vote-getters on Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, as signified by the number of “like's," positive comments or favorites each video and each image submitted receive, will make it through Round 1 to Round 2. Get your friends to like us and vote!

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  • Round 2: During Round 2, the UNH Sustainability Video & Image Contest "What Sustains Us?" Jury (chosen by the UNH Sustainability Academy and the Museum of Art, UNH) will choose one final video and one final image winner. The decision of the judges is final.

• Entries will be accepted from February 19 - March 19th, 2013.

• Voting online via Facebook will be until March 24, 2013.

• Finalists will be announced March 25, 2013.

• Jurors will review finalists and chose one video and one image winner March 25 and 26, 2013.

• Winners will be announced March 27 at a 12 PM “Art Break” at the Museum of Art, UNH. ALL WINNERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.

Prizes are non-transferable and only one/person.

 

Jury

 

Rules (Download the full rules)

  • Each submission MUST convey the contest theme.
  • By entering the contest, you grant the UNH Sustainability Institute and Museum of Art, UNH a perpetual, royalty-free license to use your video and/or image in any media, for promotion and use by the UNH Sustainability Academy, the Museum of Art, UNH, UNH and other non-commercial purposes. You grant UNH permission to edit or modify your video at the sole discretion of the UNH Sustainability Institute and Museum of Art, UNH, and to show your video and/or image at the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Institute (websites, in-person print or video displays, social media, print brochures, etc.)
  • Only one video and one image may be submitted per individual or group.
  • The UNH Sustainability Video & Image Contest "What Sustains Us?" is open to all undergraduate and graduate, full-time and part-time UNH students currently enrolled at UNH.
  • All videos must be:
    • 1 minute to 3 minutes in length
    • 100 MB size limit
    • Resolution between 320X240 and 450X338 pixels
    • Submitted in one of the following formats:
      • MPEG (MPG) (we recommend MPEG4 with MP3 audio
      • AVI
      • MOV
  • All images must be:
    • Either a photograph or digital artwork that is scanned and in the proper format. Print pieces will be not accepted.
    • 100 MB size limit
    • Resolution between 320X240 and 450X338 pixels
    • Submitted in one of the following formats:
      • JPEG (JPG)
      • GIF
      • PDF
  • All participants must follow the terms of agreement and community guidelines for YouTube.
  • All participants must follow the terms of use specified by Votigo, the online platform through which the contest is being run.
  • The UNH Sustainability Institute reserves the right to exclude any submissions that contain inappropriate content or do not follow the submission requirements.
  • This contest will comply with the University System of New Hampshire “Awards, Gifts and Prizes” policy.

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