Lumen Prize#2014

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The Lumen Prize is an international award which celebrates art created with technology, especially digital art.{{cite web| url=https://lumenartprize.artopps.co.uk/ | title=About the Lumen Prize | website=lumenartprize.artopps.co.uk | accessdate=29 April 2020 }}

Overview

The prize was founded by Carla Rapoport in 2012,{{cite web| url=http://cardiff-school-of-art-and-design.org/magazine/carla-rapoport-ceo-of-lumen-prize/ | title=Carla Rapoport: CEO of Lumen Prize | publisher=Cardiff School of Art & Design | date=16 November 2012 | accessdate=28 October 2016 }} The Lumen Prize has visited more than ten cities around the world including Amsterdam, Athens, Hong Kong, New York, Riga, Swansea{{cite web|url=http://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-archive/2016/lumenprizeexhibitionswanseasadventureindigitalarttosupportcreativeindustries.php|title=Lumen Prize Exhibition: Swansea’s Adventure in Digital Art to support Creative Industries|website=www.swansea.ac.uk}} and Shanghai.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Through its parent company Lumen Art Projects,[http://www.lumenartprojects.com Lumen Art Projects]. which promotes the work of longlisted, shortlisted and winning artists, Lumen has collaborated with the Barbican Centre,[https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2020/event/ling-tan-playing-democracy Playing Democracy is a giant two player game of Pong, exploring the principles of democracy], Barbican Centre, London, UK. Computer Arts Society{{cite web | url=http://computer-arts-society.com/uploads/page-71---lumen-catalogue-low-res.pdf | title=The 2014 Lumen Prize Exhibition Catalogue | publisher=Computer Arts Society | accessdate=28 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106035137/http://computer-arts-society.com/uploads/page-71---lumen-catalogue-low-res.pdf | archive-date=6 January 2017 | url-status=dead }} and the EVA London Conferences{{citation| first=Nicholas | last=Lambert | contribution=The Lumen Prize at EVA London 2016 | title=Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2016), London, UK, 12–14 July 2016 | doi=10.14236/ewic/EVA2016.57 | contribution-url=http://ewic.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_eva16_edf_paper1.pdf | url=http://www.bcs.org/ewic/eva2016 | place=London, UK | editor-first1=Jonathan P. | editor-last1=Bowen | editor1-link=Jonathan Bowen | editor-first2=Graham | editor-last2=Diprose | editor2-link=Graham Diprose | editor-first3=Nicholas | editor-last3=Lambert | date=2016 | publisher=BCS, Electronic Workshops in Computing | doi-access=free | url-access=subscription }} as well as the Tate,[https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/projects/preserving-immersive-media Preserving Immersive Media], Tate, UK. 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|date=April 2020}}

Since its launch, the Lumen Prize has given away more than $80,000 in prize money{{Cite web |date=2021-09-22 |title=The Lumen Prize awards Ziv Schneider’s “Sylvia” with the Still Image award – Brown Institute |url=https://brown.columbia.edu/the-lumen-prize-recognizes-ziv-schneiders-sylvia/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |language=en-US}} and staged over 45 exhibitions globally.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}{{when|date=April 2020}}

Prize winners

Past Lumen Prize Gold Award winners include artists Refik Anadol, Andy Lomas, Gibson/Martelli and Mario Klingemann.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The 2019 shortlist was profiled by SeditionArt.[https://www.seditionart.com/magazine/lumen-prize-shortlist-2019 Lumen Prize Shortlist 2019], SeditionArt, 4 September 2019.

2023 winners

  • Lumen Prize Gold Award: AUTO{}Construccion by CNDSD and IVAN ABREU (México)
  • Crypto Art Award Winner: Proof of War by Egor Kraft (Tokyo ↔ Vienna)
  • Student Award Winner: Hyborg Agency by UchanSun
  • BCS Futures Award Winner: Critical Climate Machine by Gaëtan Robillard (France)
  • Moving Image Award Winner: Ana Min Wein (Where Am I From?) by Nouf Aljowaysir (United States)
  • HUA Award 華艺数奖: How Deep Is the Dark Water? by Rhett Tsai (China)
  • Nordic Award Winner: Nest of You by Wang & Söderström (Denmark)
  • Still Image Award Winner: JPEG FROM A VERNACULAR OF FILE FORMATS, (2009 - 2010), 2023 REVISITATION WITH HIDDEN MESSAGE IN DCT. by Rosa Menkman (Netherlands)
  • Metaversal Generative Art Award Winner: Human Unreadable by Operator (United States)
  • 3D/Interactive Award Winner: Between the Lines by Sarah Selby (United Kingdom)
  • Immersive Environment Award Winner: Dreamachine by Collective Act (United Kingdom)
  • Global Majority Award Winner: Dzata: The Institute of Technological Consciousness by Francois Knoetze, Russel Hlongwane and Amy Louise Wilson (South Africa)

2022 winners

  • Lumen Prize Gold Award: Jitr(จิตร) by Nitcha Tothong & Kengchakaj Kengkarnka (United States)
  • 3D/Interactive Award Winner: RADIO GHOST by ZU-UK (United Kingdom)
  • Global Majority Award Winner: Amaroid by Arjan Emmanuel Sanchez Guerrero (United Kingdom)
  • Moving Image Award Winner: Portrait of the Jungle People / 山芭佬 (San-Ba-Lou) by Eddie Wong (Malaysia)
  • Nordic Award Winner: Homage to Airway by Sophia Ioannou Gjerding (Denmark)
  • NFT Award Winner: Rituals - Venice by Aaron Penne x Boreta (United States)
  • Still Image Award Winner: For What It's Worth by Dillon Marsh (South Africa)
  • HUA Award Winner: Melting Myth by Gong Yining & Sun Aijia (China)
  • Student Award Winner: Jewels of the Sea by Maximilian Seeger (Germany)
  • BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner: Ent- by Libby Heaney (United Kingdom)
  • Futures Award Winner: The Future Tense by Russell Perkins (United Kingdom)

2021 winners

  • Lumen Prize Gold Award: Gold Award Winner UNINVITED by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN{{Cite web |title=Gold Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah-d5jms-dj9dp-z4tfd-ypp9t-jp93x |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Moving Image Award Winner: El Salto (The Jump/ The Waterfall) by Juan Covelli{{Cite web |title=Moving Image Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Still Image Award Winner:Sylvia by Ziv Schneider{{Cite web |title=Still Image Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-three-cxedb |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • 3D/Interactive Award Winner: Zoom, Click, Waltz by Sarah Choo Jing{{Cite web |title=3D/Interactive Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah-d5jms-dj9dp |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Futures Award Winner: Amazon Air (2021) by Gottfried Haider {{Cite web |title=Futures Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah-d5jms-dj9dp-z4tfd |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Global South Award Winner: IGÚN by Minne Atairu{{Cite web |title=Global South Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah-d5jms |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Nordic Award Winner:Centaur by Pontus Lidberg & Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm{{Cite web |title=Nordic Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-two-56746 |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • Student Award Winner: Arcadia Inc. by Cezar Mocan{{Cite web |title=Student Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-four-lte5p |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}
  • BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner: I'd rather be in a dark silence than by Ania Catherine & Dejha Ti{{Cite web |title=BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner |url=https://www.lumenprize.com/2021-winners-list/blog-post-title-one-ajbah-d5jms-dj9dp-z4tfd-ypp9t |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=The Lumen Prize |language=en-GB}}

;2020 winners

;2019 winners

;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)

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