Lumen Prize

The Lumen Prize is an international award which celebrates art created with technology, especially digital art.^[2]

Carla Rapoport giving a presentation on the Lumen Prize at the EVA London 2016 conference in July 2016^[1]

Overview

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

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

1. 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
2. "About the Lumen Prize". lumenartprize.artopps.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
3. "Carla Rapoport: CEO of Lumen Prize". Cardiff School of Art & Design. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
4. "Lumen Prize Exhibition: Swansea's Adventure in Digital Art to support Creative Industries". www.swansea.ac.uk.
5. Lumen Art Projects.
6. Playing Democracy is a giant two player game of Pong, exploring the principles of democracy, Barbican Centre, London, UK.
7. (PDF). Computer Arts Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
8. Preserving Immersive Media, Tate, UK.
9. Lumen Prize Shortlist 2019, SeditionArt, 4 September 2019.
10. "Gold Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
11. "Moving Image Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
12. "Still Image Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
13. "3D/Interactive Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
14. "Futures Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
15. "Global South Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
16. "Nordic Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
17. "Student Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
18. "BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2024-01-26.

External links

• Official website