Nunu Mitskevich and Levan Kharatishvili Awarded the Winners of Competitions Held within the Framework of the Project "Science is Captain"
Within the framework of European Researchers' Night and the project “Science is Captain”, the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia, in cooperation with the Vano Sarajishvili State Conservatoire, the Writers' House of Georgia and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, held youth competitions in various fields. The young winners of the competitions were awarded remotely by Deputy Ministers of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Nunu Mickevitch and Levan Kharatishvili.
The festive award ceremony was opened by Nunu Mickevitch. She spoke about the importance of science, thanked each participant for taking part in the scientific competition and wished them further success.
Within the framework of the music competition “Science in Music”, announced by the Tbilisi Vano Sarajishvili State Conservatoire, students were required to create a musical piece on a scientific theme. By the decision of the jury, the winners were revealed in the following categories: the winner in the best musical piece category “Hymn to Science” was Composition and Musicology Faculty student Matin Feyman. The winner in the best electronic musical piece category was Composition major student Joni Asitashvili. Furthermore, the winner of the best solo instrumental musical piece category was also a Composition major student, Gagi Sikharulashvili.
Within the framework of the short story competition ‘O Captain! My Captain! Our Scientific Trip Here Starts!’ announced by the Writers' House, winners were identified in three prize categories. The first-place winner was Nino Jincharadze with the short story “Find the Pattern”; the second place was won by Tamar Kizivadze with the work “Same, But Better”; while the third-place winner was Giorgi Parekhelashvili with the short story “Genesis”.
As for the competition “Science Seen Through Color” announced by the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, it was held in two directions for identifying the best sketches and paintings. The purpose of the competition was to capture scientific discoveries, technological inventions or scientific phenomena in works of fine art.
Winners in the painting competition were identified for three prize places. The first place was won by Khvicha Tsenguashvili with the work “Life for Life”; the second-place winner was Mari Kashanski with the work ‘Infrared’; while the third place was won by Vaja Kavlelashvili's work “The Butterfly Effect”.
Regarding the sketch competition direction, by the decision of the jury, seven winners were identified: Elisabed Lepsveridze, Vaja Kavlelashvili (two winning sketches), Lasha Bakashvili (two winning sketches), Mariam Dolidze, Lika Tsereteli and Nata Abdaladze (group work), and Khvicha Tsenguashvili.
European spaces have been established in various universities of Georgia within the framework of the project “Science is Captain”, which will be painted according to the winning sketches. At the festive award ceremony, the sketches were distributed via a lotto system for the universities of Tbilisi (Tbilisi State University), Kutaisi (Kutaisi International University and Akaki Tsereteli State University), Batumi, Akhaltsikhe, Telavi and Zugdidi. The European spaces will be painted by the winning students themselves.
This year, Georgia joined the European Researchers' Night for the first time with the project “Science is Captain”. 30 countries of the European Union and Horizon 2020 associated countries are taking part in it. “Science is Captain” serves to showcase science as a part of the daily life of all strata of society and to popularize science among the general public in Georgia.
