Competition: Show Us Your City

Submitted by Jess Scully on Tuesday, 22 September 200918 Comments

Call­ing urban dwell­ers: we want to exper­i­ence your world. Take us on a jour­ney through the streets and social spaces of your neigh­bour­hood, tell us what inspires you, what frus­trates you, and what you think makes your part of the world unique.

Show us your city this month and you’ll be in the run­ning to win a trip to Lon­don to exper­i­ence the 2010 Lon­don Fest­ival of Archi­tec­ture, to be awar­ded to one out­stand­ing blog con­trib­utor at the con­clu­sion of the Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia blog pro­ject in January.

Shoreditch, London | Photo by Jess Scully

Shored­itch, Lon­don | Photo by Jess Scully

What we are look­ing for?

We invite you to take us on a vir­tual walk through the streets of your neigh­bour­hood, or a part of your city that interests you. You can do this through words, images, tagged maps, sound or video — it’s up to you — and keep in mind that we’re look­ing for the most inter­est­ing con­tri­bu­tions from people who have stor­ies to tell about their rela­tion­ship to these places. In other words, it’s your mes­sage, and not the qual­ity of your pho­tos or video, that we’ll be think­ing about.

We’re inter­ested in dis­cov­er­ing your favour­ite places; from busy streets and bust­ling mar­kets to green oases, wel­com­ing cafes where you can while away an after­noon or check your email,  steps, malls and monu­ments where you meet friends, to art gal­ler­ies, per­form­ance spaces and trans­port hubs. By doc­u­ment­ing these places with per­son­al­ity in each city, we hope to develop con­nec­tions around the region, and to high­light what factors make a place a social space.

Entry suggestion : tag a map of your neighbourhood with your favourite social spaces, add descriptions and photos, and then share with our readers through the blog.

Entry sug­ges­tion : tag a map of your neigh­bour­hood with your favour­ite social spaces, add descrip­tions and pho­tos, and then share with our read­ers through the blog.

Who can enter?

Entry is open to res­id­ents of any of the 12 coun­tries within the scope of the Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia blog, namely; Aus­tralia, China, Indone­sia, Japan, Korea, Malay­sia, New Zea­l­and, Phil­ip­pines, Singa­pore, Taiwan, Thai­l­and and Vietnam.

How do I enter?

You may enter in two ways:

1. You could upload your entry to your own blog, Flickr account, or other web­site, then post a link in the com­ments thread below.

2. Email info [at] cre­at­ive­cit­ies [dot] org [dot] uk with a link to your entry, or your entry as a PDF, slideshoe present­a­tion, video, or in another com­monly accep­ted format.

Entry suggestion : create a slideshow or collection of images on Flickr or another photo hosting site. Be sure to include descriptions of your social spaces, then send us a link. It's that easy!

Entry sug­ges­tion : cre­ate a slideshow or col­lec­tion of images on Flickr or another photo host­ing site. Be sure to include descrip­tions of your social spaces, then send us a link. It’s that easy!

How will the win­ner be selected?

A short­l­ist of entries which present a com­pel­ling story about social spaces of the city, or demon­strate an inter­est­ing approach to the com­pet­i­tion, will be selec­ted by the Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia edit­or­ial team for peer review. This short­l­ist will be presen­ted here on the blog and user feed­back will be invited. The top five entries will go into the draw to win the major prize, along­side top entries from three other upcom­ing pro­jects, with the prize to be awar­ded in Janu­ary 2010.

What could I win?

Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia is offer­ing an oppor­tun­ity for pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment through attend­ance at the Lon­don Fest­ival of Archi­tec­ture 2010, which takes place June 19 — July 4, 2010. Flights, acco­mod­a­tion and some expenses will be covered. Win­ning this prize does not guar­an­tee par­ti­cip­a­tion in the fest­ival. Fur­ther details on the prize to be announced shortly.

Do you have any ques­tions about this com­pet­i­tion? Please post your ques­tions in the com­ments sec­tion below.

18 Comments »

  • Louise Hawson said:

    I live in Sydney and would like to enter your Show Us Your City competition.

    My ‘entry’ is at http://www.52suburbs.com

    What part of the blog is the entry? The WHOLE blog is the entry.

    Because, as you’ll see I am in the pro­cess of explor­ing my own city — Sydney — one sub­urb at a time for a year. Hence the title, 52 Sub­urbs. The ‘story’ I tell about my rela­tion­ship to the places is whether or not I find beauty in the ‘burb, beauty mean­ing ori­ginal, repur­posed etc. Each post about a new sub­urb begins with a brief ‘his­tory’ and then my ini­tial reac­tion. My pho­tos are arranged in dyp­tychs which have a cap­tion — they con­tinue to tell the story. I then con­clude each blog with my ver­dict on whether or not I found ‘beauty’ and where I found it.

    Thanks!

    Louise

    11 October 2009 at 12:00
  • Jess Scully (author) said:

    Hi Louise,

    Thanks for your entry! 52 Sub­urbs is a great blog based on a fant­astic idea — explor­ing our own cit­ies to find inspir­a­tion and a con­nec­tion to place — which is a lot like what we’re try­ing to achieve through the Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia project.

    I’d like to high­light your pro­ject through a ded­ic­ated post in the com­ing weeks, and will be in touch to discuss.

    Thanks for sharing!

    Jess — Cre­at­ive Cit­ies East Asia Editor

    12 October 2009 at 01:30
  • Cheech said:

    Is there a clos­ing date for entries?

    13 October 2009 at 23:23
  • Dermot said:

    52 Sub­urbs is a won­der­ful blog, and I’m a big fan, Louise.

    http://darlinghurstnights.com/ is another fab­ulous local urban blog.

    16 October 2009 at 01:12
  • JessC said:

    Hi there,

    I’m from the city of Mel­bourne and would love to share with you my favour­ite cre­at­ive art spaces!

    When does this com­pet­i­tion close, and where can we view other entries?

    - Jess

    19 November 2009 at 18:08
  • Jess Scully (author) said:

    Hi Jess and Cheech,

    Thanks for your interest in Cre­at­ive Cit­ies, we’ve already received some excit­ing entries and will post a series of fea­tures on them in the next few days. This call-out is open until Decem­ber 1.

    The on-going com­pet­i­tion is designed to reward con­tri­bu­tions to the dis­cus­sion here at Cre­at­ive Cit­ies so we’ll include the best entries in this call-out along with out­stand­ing entries from the next three call-outs too (relat­ing to Sus­tain­able Cit­ies, Cre­at­ive Com­munit­ies and Future Vis­ions, which are the areas we’ll be explor­ing next) and select the win­ner early next year.

    You can post your sub­mis­sion here OR email it to us at info [at] cre­at­ive­cit­ies [dot] org [dot] uk

    - Jess, Cre­at­ive Cities

    20 November 2009 at 00:00
  • anak seribu pulau said:

    we inter­est­ing about this artile
    can u tell me how we can par­ti­cip­ate about com­pet­i­tion show us ur city.
    we make video about tra­di­tional min­ing oil in our vil­lage
    still with manual energy, with cow, with old mech­ine
    and how our video can be enter?
    thanks
    keep the spirit and good luck

    20 November 2009 at 18:52
  • pepiiy said:

    cur­rently, i stay in UK for study­ing. can we enter this com­pet­i­tion with team­work? coz it must be photo which taken by ourselves.thank you

    22 November 2009 at 01:54
  • Jess Scully (author) said:

    Hi Anak and Pepiiy,

    Thanks for your interest in Cre­at­ive Cit­ies — we can’t wait to see your entries!

    You can upload your video to You­tube, Vimeo or another shar­ing site and send us the link, upload to yousendit or you could send it to us dir­ect — email us at info [at] cre­at­ive­cit­ies [dot] org [dot] uk if you’d like to mail it to us or send another way.

    You’re also wel­come to work as a team on your entry, but please note the prize is only for one person.

    Good luck and we’re look­ing for­ward to see­ing your cities,

    - Jess, Cre­at­ive Cities

    24 November 2009 at 02:45
  • Jess Scully (author) said:

    We’ve just pos­ted an inter­view with Louise Hawson from 52 Sub­urbs — check it out! http://www.creativecities.org.uk/show-us-your-city-52-suburbs/

    24 November 2009 at 04:39
  • Nathan Stoneham said:

    Hi!

    Here’s the link to a video I made to enter the Show Us Your City competition.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1pltwIJJEA

    I spend half my time in Seoul, Korea (where this was filmed) and the other half in Bris­bane, Aus­tralia (where I am at the moment).

    Enjoy!

    4 December 2009 at 04:26
  • Jonathan Lexing Tan said:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lexovator/sets/72157619152052321/

    // Third Cul­ture Singa­por­ean in Singa­pore itself

    6 December 2009 at 08:52
  • Joanna said:

    Hi, here’s the link to the pho­tos I have taken in Singa­pore. :)
    http://www.finalcrit.com/photography/annacatharsis

    Word Blog @ http://na-neurophobic.blogspot.com/

    Have fun! xxxxx

    21 March 2010 at 10:48
  • FEBI said:

    I have sent my pdf post to the e-mail. I attached it. is that okay? hope you’ll receive it soon :)

    Febi P.
    Indonesia

    21 March 2010 at 16:37
  • lucy said:

    who won this competition?

    8 April 2010 at 23:39
  • Jess Scully (author) said:

    We’ll be announ­cing the win­ner this week! Stay tuned…

    12 April 2010 at 02:25
  • sarah said:

    when will the win­ner be announced?

    thanks,
    sarah

    20 April 2010 at 00:08
  • indra widi said:

    i think i’m too late if i send my link, right?just found the announce­ment.… :(

    4 May 2010 at 19:37

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