sarah, thanks for forwarding this.
is there any indication (or does somebody know) who nominated the
artists who are on the shortlist? the jury that will select the
winner is named, but how and why was that shortlist put together like
this?
i think it is important to maintain that a GBP 10.000 prize (that
will go to one artist/group) can in no way alleviate cuts in cultural
budgets that are set to destroy entire institutions. - and if one of
the film artists should win, that would be another nail in the coffin
of "new media art" as a field of cultural practice that deserves
special attention. the shortlist as it is further dilutes the concept
of "new media art" - which in my eyes is consistent with what has
been happening in the last ten years: the normalisation of digital
media as cultural technique and as artistic medium, and thus a
growing uncertainty outside the "self-certain media art scene" as to
what "new media art" might actually mean in particular, other than
(at the moment) a new set of smartphone apps that compete for app-art
awards. (http://en.app-art-award.org/)
regards,
-a
>Some press about the upcoming new media art show at the BFI Southbank.
>
>I'd welcome any details anyone can add to the story... including
>confusion about which date the announcement is, January 25 or 29?
>
>Best of luck to all on a great shortlist of artists!
>
>http://artinfo.com/news/story/753565/as-funding-cuts-bite-uk-samsung-launches-a-vague-new-media-art-prize
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