2020 Winners

Introducing our 2020 Lumen Prize Winners

Gold Award Winner 2020
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Gold Award Winner 2020

Julieta Gil

Nuestra Victoria, Our Victory, is a work that derives from a meticulous documentation of the Angel of Independence, a landmark of Mexico City, after protests against systemic violence towards women erupted last August, 2019.

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Photomonitor Student Award 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

Photomonitor Student Award 2020

Liu Wa

The work traces the artist’s discursive Internet surfing by juxtaposing both clinical and humanistic approaches to human emotions. On the right channel, a brainwave headset objectively monitors her real-time emotional changes.

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BCS A.I. Award 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

BCS A.I. Award 2020

Christian Mio Loclair

The sculpture Helin embodies an organic data mirror emerging from our collective historical heritage. Our technical approach is based upon a novel procedure for Deep Learning in 3D space. The corresponding custom network architecture is trained on 120.000 historical sculptures and generates new alternative bodies 30 times a second.

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3D Interactive Award 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

3D Interactive Award 2020

Richard Vijgen

Hertzian Landscapes (2019) is a live visualization of the radio spectrum. Unlike visible light, waves in the radio spectrum cannot be perceived by us directly yet this space is teeming with human activity.

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Moving Image Award 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

Moving Image Award 2020

Casey Reas & Jan St. Werner

Compressed Cinema is the series title for five new audiovisual works completing in 2020. The video images were created by Casey REAS, and each work has a stereo audio track composed by Jan St. Werner.

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XR Award 2020
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XR Award 2020

Elyne Legarnisson

The experience is inspired by Somaesthetics theory which highlights links between body awareness, unusual movements and perception of the world.  In a 10 minutes solo experience, participants are invited to play on the edge of stability.  VR technology is combined to two analog tools, a wearable and a tilting platform.

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Global South Award Winner 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

Global South Award Winner 2020

Tupac Martir & Satore Studio

Cosmos Within Us is a daring story-telling experiment blurring the boundaries between VR and performance. Through a combination of state-of-the-art technology, immersive soundscapes, scent and touch, the piece explores the intricate connection between memory and the senses.

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Still Image Award Winner 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

Still Image Award Winner 2020

Liliana Farber

Terram in Aspectu is a series of satellite photography (generated by a machine learning algorithm trained on Google Earth) of non-existent islands that appeared in historical maps but were proven not to exist.

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Nordic Award 2020
Natasha Stone Natasha Stone

Nordic Award 2020

Søren Krag

Utilizing computer-generated, hyper-stylized, symmetrical flowers, the project generates 2000 unique blooms algorithmically, digitally woven into a tapestry. Collaborating with engineering PhD student Jonathan Riise, the artwork delves into the interplay between tradition and technology.

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