Share Prize 09 Ceremony

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SATURDAY, 7th NOVEMBER
Regional Museum of Natural Science
Share Prize 09 Ceremony

For this edition, the jury is:
Andy Cameron (creative director department Interactive Design Fabrica) – president of the jury
Bruce Sterling (writer and journalist, Austin)
Emma Quinn (new media art curator, London)
Giovanni Ferrero (president Accademia delle Belle Arti, Torino)
Rosina Gomez-Baeza (director Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijon

As the jury says, we  chose artworks which deal with important questions in an innovative and aesthetically relevant way. There is a cluster of mirrors which follow the spectator as he or she wanders among them – who is watching whom? – a cloud chamber which makes art from human breath and a handful of dust, and a neural network realised in wood and string which simulates the process of thinking, yet has nothing to say.  A  kinetic sculpture  models chaos with flying spheres of steel, and a simple hacked toy sends swarm of paper fragments floating in the wind.  A generative net art piece grows into gorgeous patterns which are always unique and always the same.

Ernesto Klar Convergenze parallele, USA/Venezuela
Lia Proximity of needs, Austria
Andreas Muxel Connect, Germany
Francesco Meneghini-William Bottin Sciame 1, Italy
Ralf Baecker Rechnender Raum, Germany
Random International / Chris O’Shea Audience, Great Britain