Applications for the second International Internet Competition “Constantine the Great” have been completed. The Competition will be broadcast via the video premiere on the YouTube channel and the Competition website, as well as on the Faculty Facebook page, with a predetermined date and schedule for each discipline. The results will be announced after the completion of the video premiere of the disciplines. The Competition calendar will be published at the beginning of March, when all applications are processed.
The Faculty of Arts launched this internet competition in September 2019, recognizing and applying modern tendencies and technological progress even before the appearance of the COVID-19 virus, which accelerated these processes and introduced them into our everyday life.
Such a concept of competition allows for the presence of competitors without great financial investment, removes all geographical barriers, opening the possibility for pupils, students and artists from all over the world to participate. This is exactly one of the reasons why the Competition “Constantine the Great” is globally accepted and recognized as a quality contribution to developing and affirming the young artists, as well as strengthening international cultural relations. This is indicated by the fact that the number of applicants has doubled, so this year almost 300 artists from different countries around the world applied.
Apart from a large number of competitors from Serbia, competitors from all over the world took part in the first International Internet Competition “Constantine the Great” – Russia, Italy, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Greece, Sweden, Slovenia, Northern Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Latvia, Albania, Ukraine, Bulgaria… The eminent Jury had high criteria and objectivity in evaluating more than 150 competitors and awarded 25 first prizes and 6 laureates. The Grand Prix winner is Nikola Varžić from Slovenia.
As the completion of the Competition annual cycle, a Gala concert of the laureates and the winners of the Competition was planned to be organized in honour of the City of Niš celebration – St. Emperor Constantine and Empress Helena. However, due to the circumstances related to the COVID-19 virus, the Laureates and awarded artists presented themselves with videos on the official YouTube channel of the Competition, as well as on the websites of the City of Niš and the University of Niš.
The organizers of the International Competition “Constantine the Great” are the Faculty of Arts in Niš, the University of Niš and the City of Niš with support of Student Cultural Center, the Gallery of Contemporary Fine Art and Music Theoreticians Associations of Serbia.
According to historians, Constantine the Great was born in 273 or 274 in Niš. He reformed the Roman Empire and paved the spiritual path to the Christians. What Constantine the Great left to future generations is the Edict of Milan, which is the universal and general civilization heritage actual at any time. The Edict has the power to overcome every kind of spatial difference, as it opens the way to science, culture and the arts. We must cultivate his civilization heritage based on tolerance, as this is the only way to preserve the dignity. The International internet Competition “Constantine the Great” is run by this very idea, in the desire to erase the borders and promote young talents from around the world.
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