Science&Art

Through transnational collaboration the project aims to utilize creativity to recycle materials which would have, otherwise, ended up in the landfill. Ultimately the project aims to create a European platform for creative recycling practitioners which will enhance and develop their practice further through free access to information, experience exchange, promotion of ideas and interaction.

Room for Art was the organizer and host of the Second Transnational Meeting, which took place within the Erasmus+ project “Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling.” These two days were filled with a variety of activities including project management meetings, art workshops, lectures, and study visits within the framework of adult and life-long learning.

All activities provided our guests from our partner organizations with new knowledge and creative skills, raising simultaneously their awareness on the environment and climate change. Above all, our guests had the opportunity to experience, first hand, the re-use of materials and eco-friendly art forms in order to understand their relevance to our lives and our future.

Our partners had the opportunity to visit “Scrap Metal Art Atelier 301” which is located in a recently revived part of the historical Nicosia center, and meet and discuss with talented Sotiris Sevastides who makes sculptures out of scrap metal such as bike parts and tools.

Under the guidance of Souzana Petri, participants in the meeting familiarized themselves with the tactile experience of working with clay—their minds and bodies enveloped in the world of creativity!

Participants from our partner organizations visited the Library of the University of Cyprus, which according to Atelier Jean Nouvel, the architects of this magnificent work of art, "It has been considered as an 'earth-work', a gentle echo in the landscape." During the tour our guide elaborated on the building’s eco-friendly design which optically it’s one with the surrounding landscape and functionally it saves energy.

From the Venus of Willendorf and Noli Me Tangere to the Broken Sky and nanotechnology, Professor Ioannis Michaloudis of the American University of Cyprus (Larnaka) delivered the most brilliant presentation of his work to this date. His dedication and enthusiasm know no boundaries. Our guests from our partner organizations were captivated and inspired.

The transnational meeting also featured a creative writing workshop. Inspired by Professor Michaloudis’ lecture and under the guidance of Erato Ioannou writer and Founder of Room for Art, participants unleashed their talent.

Throughout their visit to Cyprus and their participation in the various activities, participants gained meaningful and rewarding experiences. The island, with its buzzing multicultural towns, with its landscapes where summer seems to last for eternity, and with its forever blue skies provided inspiration for nature writing. Workshop participants were encouraged to enter into dialogue with Prof. Michaloudis’ creation “Broken Sky” and were guided to write in a specific poetic form (2 words/3words/5 words/1 word).

The results were stunning! Enjoy!

We have a winner!!!

We are delighted to announce that, after much deliberation, the logo proposal of Paola Kaloustian under the title A drop Away from a Small Change, has been selected by our panel of judges to be the regional winner for Cyprus.

We have received many top quality entries and the selection procedure was not an easy task. Our panel for judges concluded that the logo proposal “A drop Away from a Small Change” of Paola Kaloustian manages to encapsulate the concepts of science, art, the environment, and creative recycling in an aesthetically masterful way. The panel of judges also unanimously agreed that Kaloustian’s logo proposal is innovative and that it addresses everyone in a clear and engaging way.

Green is a universal color for nature and relates to balance and harmony, which is a great fit for this project that is looking for a change. Plants symbolize new beginnings but here is a new beginning that is sprouting from a landfill. Therefore, the plant icons are twisted in a way they are looking to twist our lives into a better place and all it takes is a drop of it. Watercolor usually requires little paint and a lot of water, which reminds me of this earth that has a huge pile of waste but can drastically change with just a few strokes that is why there is a watercolor drop. The ribbon is a symbol of awareness and support.

[Paola Kaloustian, on “A drop Away from a Small Change”]

Paola Kaloustian is an Armenian-Lebanese Graphic Design Student, in her first year at the American University of Cyprus (AUCY).

Her logo “A drop Away from a Small Change” is now included in the shortlist of 6 contestants, 1 from each partner country in the project.

An evaluation committee, appointed by the project’s coordinator, Asociația Sprijin+ (Romania) will select the overall winner.

We wish Paola all the best!!!

The object of this open call is the creation of a logo / representative brand that clearly summarizes the theme of the Erasmus+ project “Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling,” and which will serve as a distinctive sign for all activities of the project.

The open-call invites individuals in the graphic arts/design sector including graphic arts/design students to submit their proposals.

The logo / brand must be original, innovative, and as the project’s visual identity, it shall be able to address everyone in a clear and engaging way, transferring a positive and modern approach to the EU priorities concerning the environment and the fight against climate change, through Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM).

Summary of the Erasmus+ Project “Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling”

Each year, societies around the globe generate mammoth amounts of waste. Inadequate waste management contributes to climate change, air pollution, water pollution, and directly affects ecosystems and species. Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling brings together good practices and expertise from its six transnational partners. Through transnational collaboration, the project aims to utilize creativity to recycle materials, which would have otherwise, ended up in the landfill. Ultimately, the project aims to create a European Platform for creative recycling practitioners, which will enhance and develop their practice further through free access to information, experience exchange, promotion of ideas and interaction.

Selection:

The contestant ranked number 1 in the selection in Cyprus will be included in the shortlist of 6 contestants, 1 from each partner country in the project.

An evaluation committee, appointed by the project’s coordinator, Asociația Sprijin (Romania) will select the overall winner.

The name and work of the overall winner

will become widely known via the project partners’ platforms

Guidelines:

1. Interested parties may submit more than one proposals. Each proposal, however, should be sent separately.

2. The logo should be in color and of high resolution (vector‐eps).

3. The logo is intended for web use (project website, EU platforms, electronic documents etc.)

4. Logo proposals should be sent via email to info@roomforart.eu with the following in the subject line:

“SCIENCE AND ART - ROOM LOGO CONTEST”

5. In the body of the email the following should be included:

Name and surname

Telephone number

Email

The following declaration: “I, the undersigned, hereby declare that this submission is my own work.”

Deadline: 31 March 2022

Important notes:

The creator of the winning logo renounces his/her copyright and his/her work will be solely used by the project partners. All exclusive and transferred rights for use, publication, advertising, copying, changing, modifying, and reproducing, in all possible ways, of the logo are assigned to the project partners. No other person will have the right to use the logo, including the overall winner.*

*The overall winner is entitled to include the logo in his/her portfolio.

Contest results for Cyprus will be announced on Room for Art’s website and social media.

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Science & Art

PROJECT

Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling

Open Call

for Project Logo Creation

Within the Erasmus+ Project

“Science and Art - Rediscover Research and Creative Recycling”