This year, the photo competition had the action of “Come on” and the winning photos that reflect. The photo of more than 150 jury photographs has selected the 41 best pieces unusually. Five awards were awarded. 1st place and photo “Explosion” by Gabriel Blaskova is a unique moment captured. 2nd place “Jump into it” by Miroslav Nevidzan the jury took in its colors and reprocessing. 3rd place “Not even a millimeter” by the author Juraj Lukas of the jurors addressed the capture of the moment of human’s encounter with nature. We all know we can say … “So come on,” but the best and the Grand Prix was the unanimous photo of Martin Seker’s “With the wind on the race”, where the challenge “Come on!” It is mainly a challenge to overcome oneself. said Zuzana Jargašová, Jury member.

Members of the jury: Zuzana Jargašová, Mgr. art. Štefan Oliš (TRAKT) and Veronika Hricková.

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Temporary intervention from the TRAKT workshop (software realization by Pavol Soukal) addresses and involves the participation of random viewers, mostly youth – passers-by, who so often come into contact with contemporary visual arts for the first time. This type of art of the local gallery, especially due to lack of technological background, reflects very little. The public space has been crowded by numerous and active audiences. An author’s digital project is promoted through common available gaming devices – wii, kinect, gamepad, which serve as modulated technology tools for direct interaction with the viewer. We are interested in works and interactions that directly communicate with the viewer and draw it into context.

Unique interactive graphic design of the city of Trenčín from the 17th century.

Working with local historical references, contemporary digital design and personal mysticism built on the story of the “Trencian Smiley” is a clear idea of ​​the project. The resulting form of work has identified a creative creative process, brainstorming and work with historical material found in a new context – the facade of the building. Interactive art opens new possibilities for unreal game engine (blender game engine) for Trenčín’s youth.

The project was carried out on two Saturday evenings on August 26 and December 2, 2017 and was supported by the grant system of the city of Trenčín. We thank you.

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The festival in Banská Bystrica is an artistic project that approaches the general public of contemporary art forms as well as untraditional, unrecognized and significant localities in the city. The festival expanded buildings in the central city area: at the Štefan Moyzes Nautical Museum, the castle walls and the Barbican, the SNP Square, the Tatra banka, the passage to the Slovak Forest, the engine room of the fountain. Both the artists and the public have once again attracted popular facade factions such as the Museum of SNP and Europa SC. Spaces at Barbakane, CNK Garden, Chaviva Reik Garden, Radnice Square, Lazov Street, Theater Theater, Theater Theaters. Dance shows based on the principle of working with a visual light object applied directly to the actor and dancer. The festival presented a complete retrospective of the performance of the unique Banská Bystrica Theater from the passage displayed on the facade of the theater building.

In its third year, the Festival of Light and Shadow presented 23 visual art projects and 7 accompanying events. The streets attracted only 5,000 spectators at the opening of the festival on September 22 at 19:30. As a result, more people were added to the program until 23:00. Saturday, September 23, went in the same scenario. Altogether, light artworks of the 3rd year of the festival attracted more than 25,000 inhabitants and visitors to the city.

The main program of the festival presented:

• 5 videomapping as outputs from site-specific projects by domestic and foreign artists expressing current topics such as Banská Bystrica European City of Sport 2017, Ecological Behavior, Universe and Man
• 7 static light objects,
• 3 moving visualizations used before and during the festival as a invitation,
• 3 interactive lighting installations in the interiors and facades of buildings,
• 5 shows of contemporary dance connected with new media at various localities of the city.

The organizers included the accompanying events of the festival:

• an exhibition of photographs of members of the Union of Blind and Visually Impaired Slovakia under the title The Way of Light,
• workshop luminography,
• workshop led technologies and fiber optic, organized by LEDeco solution,
• observation of the night sky with viewers of the Municipal Observatory and Planetarium J. M. Hella,
• light drink in selected restaurants,
• cars with the logo The European City of Sports in a Jet of Changing Light,
• Searching for a beater, a mascot of the festival,
• and the joint opening of the Festival of Light and the European Week of Sport by the Mayor of the City, the Ambassadors and the Mascot of the Festival.

The two-day festival supported the development of tourism in the city, as well as hundreds of foreign visitors in the streets of the city. A new feature of this year’s festival was the involvement of selected restaurants and cafes, which ensured the promotion of the festival with its offer called Light Lamp, on the one hand, and higher revenues for the operations themselves. The city of Banská Bystrica contributed to the festival in addition to the financial amount in the field of promotion and creation of conditions for transport logistics and protection of works of art.

Organizers of the 3rd year were the “Cultural Slovakia”, TRAKT and Banská Bystrica. Co-organizers – SNP Museum, LEDECo s.r.o., Cover Energy Via MRG s.r.o., PR and Communications Agency Essence Communications, Creative Association, Miobit.

The Festival from public funds was supported by the Arts Support Fund, financially supported by the Banskobystrický samosprávny kraj and the town of Banská Bystrica. The festival of contemporary visual arts could not be organized only from public sources. The private companies have contributed greatly to its progress as well as to supporting young artists. Thanks to Europa SC a.s., Stredoslovenská vodárenská provozní společnost, a.s., Slovmas, s.r.o., Lunter and Regional Tourism Organization of Central Slovakia. In today’s difficult times, support for creative young artists is a unique achievement.

The festival has its website www.svetlo-tien.sk and Facebook Festival of Light and Shadow. The Facebook page has been updated with the current information from the festival throughout the period since the first year. The site directly addressed 40,520 people in 2017. Promotion, dissemination of information about the festival’s program and news from the event were provided by RTVS – Slovak Radio, TV News at STV1, Ahoj Slovakia at STV2, Radio Regina, national radio broadcast weekend, Internet TV CiTy BB. Advertisements and invitations to the festival were published in Radničné noviny, Priekopník, Kam v meste, SME, MY Banskobystrické noviny, Our news, in the independent week of KOMENT and in the internet newspaper Bystricoviny.sk, BBonline.sk, Teraz.sk, našaBystrica.sk. The event is also presented on its website by Banská Bystrica and co-organizers. In the region, we have exhibited ideological and program posters, billboards and citylights. The propagation of the festival via A2 posters and A5 leaflets allowed us the shopping center Europa SC, the City Information Center and the SNP Square. A brief information video with an invitation to the festival was hosted by spol. Bus Media to public transport buses. You can find the video from the festival at LINK, photo documentation www.svetlo-tien.sk

Efficiency and benefits of the festival is the organizer of originality as well as a presentation of visual art works of new generation of artists, he offered education of children and young people through interactive art technology. Our ambition is to prepare a more attractive and colorful festival of modern art in 2018.

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A good lunch followed an introduction to the creative process. Students have learned how a creative process works in an advertising agency. Pavol Paulenda showed them the individual team members at Triad Advertising and their specific tasks. After completing the lecture they started their own creative process. They identified what the Student Council product is, where presentations are presented and how they can improve.

On Saturday, September 16th, the workshop began with demonstrations of successful modern advertising campaigns. He pointed to the differences between advertising in the US and the European market. Students were able to see not only the ad result, but the whole process from the creative process to the campaign evaluation. After completing this section, they focused on social networks and their use. They have learned not only how social networks can benefit in their own benefit, but also how social networks work. At the same time, they learned about which social network is the most suitable video and for which image format. Students have seen how paid advertising works, its benefits and disadvantages. Later on, during the workshop, they had the opportunity to try the paid campaign. Subsequently, Paulenda divided the students into 2 teams that worked on an advertising campaign for the Student Council of the Grammar School Ľudovít Štúr and on an advertising campaign for the Student Council of the Secondary Art School. New online rooms have been created for the SUW Student Council, where they can be advised to present and receive suggestions from students. The board has created its own Instagram, Youtube channel, Google + account, and changed the design of an existing Facebook page. A logo was created for the GDE Student Council and the students worked on a joint campaign to popularize their school counseling.

In addition to these activities, students were provided with a photographic studio and rooms equipped with computers to work on their online outlets. The students made full use of these spaces for their upcoming campaigns and, moreover, they were always available by photographer Kristina Pastorková, who helped them work with a professional photographic studio.

On Sunday 17 September, Ivan Ježík from Voices, who came to discuss how to present their work, was welcomed in the morning. He showed them basic body work, eye contact, how they should express themselves during the presentation. Additionally, students received advice on how to suppress stress when presenting or how to create a compelling presentation. These valuable advice was then used to create a joint presentation that students will present at TSK’s premises during the Presidents’ Meeting of the Student Councils of the Trenčín Self-Governing Region.

As the workshop was slowly approaching its finale, the students agreed on a joint strategic work program for the future and set clear deadlines for parts of the advertising campaign. On Sunday, at 13:00, the workshop was officially closed and students spoke. Throughout the implementation of the project there was a positive mood, which was provided by Pavol Paulenda and some members of the project. The way we looked at our workshop can also be seen in the next video.

The project was organized under the auspices of the Civil Association TRAKT. The project would not have been created without the financial support of the City of Trenčín and the EPH Foundation, thank you!

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TRAKT could not miss this event. We contributed to the unparalleled installation of Happy Audio, which involved not only children but also adults. The audience had the opportunity to interact and create their own music by playing fruit and vegetables that made different sounds. Installation was a visitor, all day available, and everyone who came to KORZO appeared to touch the playing vegetables and enjoyed a pleasant, cheerful experience.

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