What Sustainability Means to Me: UNH Student Image & Video Contest

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UNH "What Sustainability Means to Me" Video and Image Contest

UNH "What Sustainability Means to Me" Image Contest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background

The Sustainability Academy and the Museum of Art of the University of New Hampshire are hosting a video competition to coincide with the Janury 28 - April 4, 2012 exhibition Chris Jordan: Running The Numbers at the Museum of Art, UNH. The large-format digital photographs on view in Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers illuminate the consequences of some of American’s cultural choices, making visible what simple statistics cannot. Both imaginative and documentary, each image portrays a specific quantity of something: 15 million sheets of office paper (5 minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (30 seconds of can consumption) 2.3 million folded prison uniforms (equal to the number of Americans incarcerated in 2005.) His images offer thought-provoking critiques of the American lifestyle, corporate practices, and government policies.

Potential themes include but are not limited to:

  • Sustainable lifestyles in your community
  • UNH campus sustainable infrastructure (Transit system, EcoLine project, local/organic dining, etc.)
  • UNH by the numbers: visualizing UNH’s impact (visual representations of how much energy, water, waste, etc. are generated/consumed at UNH)
  • How students can impact sustainability at UNH
  • What sustainability means to your education
  • Etc.

The goal of the UNH “What Sustainability Means to Me” Video & Image Contest is to create a collection of thought-provoking videos and images showcasing the sustainability commitment and actions UNH students are undertaking and to make these videos and images available to the public. Like Chris Jordan’s provocative work, we envision these student-created videos and images will get people thinking and talking about sustainability. By making these videos and images available to the public, the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Academy, in keeping with their respective missions, promote teaching through the arts and further the sustainability commitment and leadership of UNH.

PRIZES

 

SPREAD THE WORD

  • Poster
  • Announcement of winners: join us Wednesday, March 21, 12-1 PM for a Museum of Art "Art Break" in the Paul Arts Creative Center/Museum of Art where we'll announce the two winners! WINNERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.


HOW WINNERS ARE CHOSEN

Winners of the UNH “What Sustainability Means to Me” Video & Image Contest will be determined by two rounds:

  • ROUND 1: the top three vote-getters on Facebook, as signified by the number of “likes” each video and each image submitted receive, will make it through Round 1 to Round 2. Get your friends to like us and vote!

VOTE FOR SUBMITTED VIDEOS


VOTE FOR SUBMITTED IMAGES

 

  • Round 2: During Round 2, the UNH “What Sustainability Means to Me” Video & Image Contest 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 until March 2, 2012.

• Voting online via Facebook will be until March 17, 2012.

• Finalists will be announced March 19, 2012.

• Jurors will review finalists and chose one video and one image winner March 19-20, 2012.

• Winners will be announced March 21 at a 12 PM “Art Break” at the Museum of Art, UNH. ALL WINNERS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND.

• Winners will be on display at Museum of Art, UNH and online March 21 – April 4, 2012.

Prizes are non-transferable and only one/person.

 

JURY

  • Kristina Derocher, Direcgtor of the Museum of Art, UNH
  • Sara Cleaves, Associate Director of the UNH Sustainability Academy
  • David Kaye, Professor and Chair, UNH Department of Theatre and Dance
  • Juliee Holcombe, Assistant Professor of Art (Photography, UNH Department of Art & Art History
  • Jason Boucher, UNH Social Media Coordinator, UNH Communications and Marketing
  • Dan Carchici, UNH Academy Technology
  • Joe Tombarello, Creative Services Writer/Editor/Producer for WMUR-TV, an ABC affiliate in Manchester, New Hampshire. An Emmy Award winning editor, producer and instructor, Joe has been producing video content for more than half his life. In addition to his work with WMUR-TV, he is a successful freelance video producer and motion graphic designer. Joe has won several awards from Hearst-Argyle Television and The American Broadcasting Company for his broadcast production methods. He started his teaching career as the advanced video instructor for Hesser College and as a online producer for New Millennium Education. He also speaks to high school and college level video production classes on the importance of balancing technical ability with creativity to get ahead in today's marketplace. Joe is also an accomplished snowboarder, skateboarder, artist, hiker, musician & human being.

 

RULES (Download the full rules)

  • Each submission MUST convey what sustainability means to the contestant and, where feasible to the contestant’s vision for such content, reference or include UNH.
  • By entering the contest, you grant the UNH Sustainability Academy 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 Academy and Museum of Art, UNH, and to show your video and/or image at the Museum of Art and the UNH Sustainability Academy (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 “What Sustainability Means to Me” Video & Image Contest 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 Academy and Museum of Art, UNH 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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