EKOPLAGÁT ´23
On June 23, 2023, a selection jury met at the Administration of the Malá Fatra National Park in Varín and the selection of the submitted posters for the collection of the 16th year of the competition triennial EKOPLAGÁT ´23 took place. A total of 183 authors with 420 posters from 28 countries of the world applied. The most, 75 registered authors were from China, followed by 43 authors from Slovakia, including 30 student works (high school students, university students) and then from Poland with 16 registered authors. 246 posters from 145 authors from 25 countries of the world advanced to the EKOPLAGÁT ’23 competition show.
On September 27, 2023, the international jury for the 16th year of the EKOPLAGÁT ´23 triennial, composed of:
Mgr. Dana Doricová (SR) – curator of the triennial, Ing. Lucia Sibilová (SR) – the Administration of the Malá Fatra National Park (A-MF NP), Mgr. Mira Sikorová – Putišová (SR) – director of the Považská Gallery of Arts in Žilina, Doc. Pavol Choma (SR) – graphic designer, RNDr. Ján Kadlečík (SR) – the Carpathian Wetland Initiative, Mgr. Václav Houf (CZ) – graphic artist, illustrator, painter, Prof. Wladyslaw Pluta (PL) – graphic artist, designer
after viewing the exhibition and voting, decided to award the following prizes:
GRAND PRIX EKOPLAGÁT ´23
KOVAĽOVÁ Tamara, Slovak republic
for the poster: Game over?, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards a prize for a new perspective on man’s responsibility towards all of nature and himself.
1st PRIZE EKOPLAGÁT ´23
SANTOS GALLY Victor Manuel, Mexico
for the poster: Water business, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards the prize for the original expression of the metaphor from the generosity of nature to human greed.
2nd PRIZE EKOPLAGÁT ´23
KŁACZKIEWICZ Damian, Poland
for the poster: Smoke Return, 2020, 101 x 70 cm
The jury awards a prize for a clear statement without words that everything will come back to us one day.
3rd PRIZE KOPLAGÁT ´23
PENG Yutian, China
for the poster collection: Fading tears 1,2,3, 2022, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards the prize for the emotional expression of the loss of the animal’s environment.
HONOURABLE RECOGNITION OF THE JURY
POLENDER Kristina, Serbia
for the poster: Smells like pollution, 2021, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards the prize for the use of a visual paradox that is not immediately visible at first glance.
HONOURABLE RECOGNITION OF THE JURY
XINDI Gao, China
For the poster: Metallic pollution, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards a prize for expressing an absurd situation using spatial and photographic composition.
HONOURABLE RECOGNITION OF THE JURY
DREWINSKI Lex, Poland Germany
For participating in ECOPLAGÁT ’23 with posters:
Untitled 1, 2022, 100 x 70 cm
New Energy 1, 2022, 100 x 70 cm
Beauty & The Best, 2022, 100 x 70 cm
Without Title 1, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
The jury awards the prize for perfect ironic metaphors of most of the problems of the contemporary world in his entire work.
PRIZES OF ORGANISATORS AND PARTNERS:
CERTIFIKATE OF MERIT OF THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
IGLAI Filip, Slovak republic
for the poster: Finding Home, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT OF THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SERAJ FARDNEJAD Sara, Iran
for the poster: Pray for the Earth, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE STATE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
IGLAI Filip, Slovak republic
for the poster: Finding Home, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
THE CARPATHIAN WETLAND INITIATIVE PRIZE
DLHOPOLČEK Peter, Slovak republic
for a series of 3 posters: Climate Crisis 1-3, 2023, 100 x 70 cm
