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<P><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Newsletter
11.11.2010<BR><EM>Share Festival 2010 - Winner Share
Prize</EM><BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</P>
<P>The inauguration of the 6th <STRONG>Piemonte Share Festival </STRONG>was
accompanied by the announcement of the <STRONG>winner</STRONG> of the
<STRONG>Share Prize 2010</STRONG> and the <STRONG>honorary mention</STRONG>. The
objective of the prize is to discover, promote and support the digital arts.
This year around 270 artists submitted an equivalent number of entries for the
prize, from 20 different countries.</P>
<P>An international panel of judges, consisting of<STRONG> Jurij Krpan</STRONG>
(Ljubljana), <STRONG>Andy Cameron</STRONG> (London), <STRONG>Fulvio
Gianaria</STRONG> (Turin) and <STRONG>Bruce Sterling</STRONG> (Austin/Turin),
reviewed the works submitted by participating artists.</P>
<P>From the <STRONG>six finalists</STRONG> (<STRONG>Kuai Auson, Perry Bard,
Sonia Cillari, Ernesto Klar, Knowbotic Research</STRONG> and <STRONG>Teatrino
Elettrico</STRONG>) the judges selected <STRONG>Ernesto Klar</STRONG>
<STRONG>winner of Share Prize</STRONG>. His interactive, audiovisual
installation <EM>Relational Lights</EM> uses light, sound, haze and a custom
software system to create fluid, gradual transformation, a three-dimensional
light-space that the audience can interact with actively, manipulating it with
their presence and movement.</P>
<P><STRONG>Honorary mention</STRONG> was given to <STRONG>Kuai Auson</STRONG>
for the work<EM> Oh!M1gas</EM>, based on the activity of an ant colony under
video and audio surveillance, transforming the ants into DJs and creating a
sound-reactive space which reveals the connection between scratching, as an
aesthetic expression created by human culture, and the ‘calls’ produced by the
ants as a means of communication.</P>
<P>On behalf of the judges,<STRONG> Bruce Sterling explained the decision
saying</STRONG>:</P>
<P><EM>The winner of the Share Prize 2010 is Ernesto Klar for his installation
Relational Lights. In this work, a huge algorithmic complex is hidden behind a
simple, elegant interface. This work of interactive art is a fantastic, world
class work - congratulations Ernesto.</EM></P>
<P><EM>Our special commendation goes to Kuai Auson for the installation Oh!M1gas
(pronounced hormigas). In this unique, ingenious work from Cologne, ants –
social networkers par excellence – become techno musicians. An intelligent
industrial design acts as back-up to the musical ants, which after touring
several countries are now performing here in Italy too – good luck with your
career Kuai.<BR></EM><BR><A
href="http://www.toshare.it">www.toshare.it</A></P>
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