Lumen Prize
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The Lumen Prize is an international award which celebrates art created with technology, especially digital art.[2]
Overview
[edit]The prize was founded by Carla Rapoport in 2012,[3] The Lumen Prize has visited more than ten cities around the world including Amsterdam, Athens, Hong Kong, New York, Riga, Swansea[4] and Shanghai.[citation needed]
Through its parent company Lumen Art Projects,[5] which promotes the work of longlisted, shortlisted and winning artists, Lumen has collaborated with the Barbican Centre,[6] Computer Arts Society[7] and the EVA London Conferences[1] as well as the Tate,[8] Photomonitor, Goldsmiths, University of London, Eureka! (Halifax), the British Computer Society, IBM UK, the Royal College of Art (London), CYLAND Media Lab (Saint Petersburg), etc.[citation needed]
Since its launch, the Lumen Prize has given away more than $80,000 in prize money and staged over 45 exhibitions globally.[citation needed][when?]
Prize winners
[edit]Past Lumen Prize Gold Award winners include artists Refik Anadol, Andy Lomas, Gibson/Martelli and Mario Klingemann.[citation needed] The 2019 shortlist was profiled by SeditionArt.[9]
2021 winners
- Lumen Prize Gold Award: Gold Award Winner UNINVITED by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN[10]
- Moving Image Award Winner: El Salto (The Jump/ The Waterfall) by Juan Covelli[11]
- Still Image Award Winner:Sylvia by Ziv Schneider[12]
- 3D/Interactive Award Winner: Zoom, Click, Waltz by Sarah Choo Jing[13]
- Futures Award Winner: Amazon Air (2021) by Gottfried Haider [14]
- Global South Award Winner: IGÚN by Minne Atairu[15]
- Nordic Award Winner:Centaur by Pontus Lidberg & Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm[16]
- Student Award Winner: Arcadia Inc. by Cezar Mocan[17]
- BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner: I'd rather be in a dark silence than by Ania Catherine & Dejha Ti[18]
- 2020 winners
- Lumen Prize Gold Award: La Victoria by Julieta Gil
- Moving Image Award: Compressed Cinema by Casey Reas
- Still Image Award: Terram in Aspectu by Liliana Farber
- 3D Interactive Award: Hertzian Landscapes by Richard Vijgen
- XR Award:(Un)Balanced by Elyne Legarnisson
- Global South Award: Cosmos Within Us by Tupac Martir
- Nordic Award: Deux Mille by Søren Krag
- BCS AI Award: Helin by Christian Mio Loclair
- Photomonitor Student Prize: Racing Thoughts by Liu Wa
- 2019 winners
- Lumen Prize Gold Award: Melting Memories by Refik Anadol
- Moving Image Award: Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil Birds by Cassie McQuater
- Still Image Award: Drawing Operations by Sougwen Chung
- BCS AI Award: Lichtsuchende by Dave Murray-Rust and Rocio von Jungenfeld
- 3D/Interactive Award: We Are All Made of Light by Maja Petrić
- XR Award: Trail of Angels by Kristina Buozyte & Vitalijus Zukas
- People’s Choice Award: Phygital Palimpest by Stefan Gant
- Photomonitor Student Award: A Capricious Pathway by Cassie Suche
- Rapoport Award for Women in Art and Tech: Resurrecting the Sublime, 2019 by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Dr. Christina Agapakis/Gingo Bioworks, and Sissel Tolaas
- 2018 winners
- Lumen Prize Gold Award: The Butcher’s Son by Mario Klingemann (Germany)
- Moving Image Award: Avyakrta: The Unanswered Questions by Sungjae Lee (South Korea)
- 3D/Interactive Award: Fidgety (In between up and down) by GayBird (Hong Kong)
- AR/VR Award: Tree by New Reality Company (UK)
- Still Image Award: Overload (Consequence) by Mark Lyons (UK)
- Rapoport Award for Women in Digital Art: In Defence of Industry by Felicity Hammond (UK)
- People’s Choice Award: Aerobanquets RMX by Mattia Casalegno (Italy, based in USA) with Flavio Gignoni Cartestia (food art), Mattheu Cherubini (coding), Martux_M (audio), Fito Segrera (tech assistance)
- BCS Artificial Intelligence Award: Degenerative Cultures Cesar & Lois An artwork by Cesar Baio and The League of Imaginary Scientists (Lois). Contributors: Scott Morgans (biologist)
- Meural Student Prize: The Punishment of Tantalus by Ziwei Wu (China)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lambert, Nicholas (2016), "The Lumen Prize at EVA London 2016" (PDF), in Bowen, Jonathan P.; Diprose, Graham; Lambert, Nicholas (eds.), Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2016), London, UK, 12–14 July 2016, London, UK: BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing, doi:10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.57
- ^ "About the Lumen Prize". lumenartprize.artopps.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Carla Rapoport: CEO of Lumen Prize". Cardiff School of Art & Design. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Lumen Prize Exhibition: Swansea's Adventure in Digital Art to support Creative Industries". www.swansea.ac.uk.
- ^ Lumen Art Projects.
- ^ Playing Democracy is a giant two player game of Pong, exploring the principles of democracy, Barbican Centre, London, UK.
- ^ "The 2014 Lumen Prize Exhibition Catalogue" (PDF). Computer Arts Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Preserving Immersive Media, Tate, UK.
- ^ Lumen Prize Shortlist 2019, SeditionArt, 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Gold Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Moving Image Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Still Image Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "3D/Interactive Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Futures Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Global South Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Nordic Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "Student Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ "BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-26.