Nektarina is a non for profit organization established to raise funds for knowledge development projects, campaigns, events and ideas that will help people improve their lives and communities. Our main areas of interest are children, women, minorities and environment. Through our projects we aim to raise awareness, promote ideas, initiate thinking and trigger action.
In January 2010 we started our first Visual Essay Contest, with the following objectives:

1- Engaging youth into learning about specific topic important for the community / environment, education, Roma integration/ ;

2 - Acquiring visual research skills in gathering references from life, photographs, found objects, imagination, and memory;

3 – Expressing thoughts in creative visual style that should be a learning tool for others;

4 – Learning and applying the stages of visual thinking/problem solving/research/thumbnails/roughs/comprehensives;

5 - Analyzing illustrations in terms of colour interpretation, the use of typography, layout and composition.

Proposed topics were environment, minorities, learning, human rights...

We sent out participation invites to over 300 schools and institutions in Europe and the world, and hereby we present you the essays we received.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Crime Scene / Environment



 


Applicant: JAKUB FILINGER
Age: 23
Country: POLAND

Chosen Topic: Environment


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The end justifies the means





















 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Author: JAKUB GELTNER
Age: 28
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC

Chosen Topic: Environment

Short description of the essay: Power of human kind transformated by the use of deadly machines.
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Author: JAKUB GELTNER
Age: 28
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC

Chosen Topic: Environment

/Short description of the essay:/  Visual description of open-cast mine in west part of czech republic. Cold and dramatic atmosphere in industrial zone.


The Wall







Author: JAKUB GELTNER
Age 28
Country:  CZECH REPUBLIC

Chosen Topic: Environment

 Short description of the essay: In my visual essay I deal with problematics of panels settlement. What is the future and perspective of these habitation units?



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Plebeian Courtyard





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Author: JAKUB GELTNER
Age: 28
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC

Chosen Topic: Environment

Short description of the essay: What is the future and perspective of panel buildings?
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Recycling Cycle

 

  
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Authors:  JOSIP BOTA / Age 27
JELENA BALIC / Age 21
Country : CROATIA

Chosen Topic: Environment / Recycling



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Recycled Dress

 

  

  


Author: MARIOLA WROBEL
Age: 21
Country: POLAND

Chosen Topic: Environment, Climate Change, Recycling




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A tree

 

Author: SENKA MRSIC
Age: 32
Country: CROATIA

Chosen Topic: Environment



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Maati





Author: NAVEEN KIRAN BOKTAPA
Age: 25
Country: INDIA
Chosen Topic: Environment



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Minorities / Skin Color





Author: ALEKSANDAR OSTOJIĆ
Age: 18
Country: MONTENEGRO

Chosen Topic: Minorities/Human Rights

Note: The author did entire production himself - idea, cinematography, editing, music composing and playing sound editing




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Lifelong


Author: LIDIA SAJDAK
Age: 29
Country: POLAND

Chosen Topic: Learning as a lifelong process




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Refinement


Author: PAWEL MAKSYMOW
Age:
Country: POLAND
Chosen Topic: Minorities / Human Rights



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Iron (ferrous) person


Author: PAWEL MAKSYMOW
Age:
Country: POLAND
Chosen Topic: Environment



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