The Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), a joint centre of the CSIC and the University of Valencia, held the awards ceremony for the 4th edition of the Express-Arte ConCiencia contest on June 20 at the Science Park of the University of Valencia. The event was streamed live across Spain.

This edition received a total of 52 submissions, divided into image, video and text categories, with image being the most popular among participating students.

The voting process consisted of two phases: a first popular vote via social media, in which the top 20 entries in each category were selected based on public support; and a second phase, in which a panel of experts chose the winning entries. This jury included professionals from diverse fields such as science, communication and the arts.

Winning entries

The winning works in each category were announced during the gala:

• Image 3 – IES Enric Valor Pego
  Author: Júlia Siscar Doménech

• Video 2 – Cumbres School
  Students: Mathilda Penelope Potton, Sophia Jakowlew Naya, Renata García Hernández, Blanca Balaguer Ferriol, Mar Zaragozá González, Martina Julián Gómez, Sofía Herraiz González de Cárdenas, Maeva Doss

• Text 11 – IES Maestrat (Ciutat Sant Mateu)
  Students: Blanca Sabater Peraire, Antonio Carbó Myazin, Anna Ibáñez Moliner

Selected works for the digital exhibition

In addition to the winning entries, as every year, 18 additional works have been selected for inclusion in the digital exhibition, which will be published in September. The full list of selected works and a teaser video compiling a sample of them can be viewed at the following link:

Selected entries:

• Image: 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 21

• Video: 2, 7

• Text: 6, 10, 11, 13, 14

The jury

The jury for the 4th edition of the contest included:
Mario Cuesta (screenwriter, director and author),
Olga Mena (scientific researcher at IFIC),
Carlos Ramón Almenar (artistic director),
Fani Grande (writer, screenwriter and communication expert),
Patossa (Patricia Barrachina, visual and plastic artist),
and Ángela Molina (IFIC communication and outreach coordinator), who served as secretary.

Meitner Project

Express-Arte ConCiencia is part of the outreach activities of the Meitner Project. Remembering Lise Meitner is an initiative by IFIC aimed at recovering and highlighting the contributions of pioneering women in Nuclear and Particle Physics, through the figure of Austrian physicist Lise Meitner.