1956 Competition Awards Ceremony
Award Ceremony of the Competitions “Encode the Past! 1956 Remixed” and “Let’s Speak the Truth about ‘56”
This spring, on the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Blinken OSA launched a series of major public events including two competitions.
“Encode the Past! 1956 Remixed” – Student Competition
The student competition—launched jointly with Prezi—invited young people under 20 to present the story of the 1956 Revolution through innovative visualization solutions, and/or by developing special software applications, using Blinken OSA Archivum's special digital collections.
For the list of winning entries, click here.
“Let’s Speak the Truth about ‘56” – Teacher CompetitionThe competition invited teachers to present the era of the 1956 revolution—its aspirations, events, consequences as well as the lessons learned—using primary sources from Blinken OSA Archivum’s special digital collections including original footage, images, voice recordings and textual documents. This competition accepted two kinds of projects: either a script for a commemorative event at the school or an electronic installation, again to be used in the school.
For the list of winning entries, click here.
The winners of both calls will be announced at an Award Ceremony on 22 October, 2016, at Blinken OSA Archivum. All awarded projects will be published on OSA’s website in October, 2016.
The project is part of the Archivum’s “The Revolution is Not the Past!” program, which is supported by Donald Blinken, former US Ambassador to Hungary, and his wife Vera Blinken.