The first-ever Digital Art Awards recently celebrated the fusion of technology and creativity, honoring artists who are redefining the boundaries of art through AI, NFTs, and immersive installations.
Highlights from the Event:
- Maja Petrić received the Innovation Award for Specimens of Time: Hoh Rain Forest, a mesmerizing installation that uses AI and real-time environmental data to create dynamic light sculptures reflecting the changing climate.
- Deekay won the Moving Image category with Hands of Time, a poignant hand-drawn animation that loops through the stages of human life, evoking deep emotional resonance.
- Operator, the duo of Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti, secured the Experimental Award for Human Unreadable, an interactive piece that merges surveillance technology with choreography to explore themes of privacy and digital freedom.
- Zach Lieberman was honored with the Still Image Award for his Ripple Study series, where he uses custom code to transform subtle natural movements into poetic digital artworks.
- The Yawanawá Indigenous community of Brazil received the Industry Award for their collaboration with AI artist Refik Anadol on Winds of Yawanawá, a digital artwork that fuses real-time environmental data with ancestral knowledge.
here are some of the examples of the art these artists created:
Maja Petrić, ‘Specimens of Time, Hoh Rain Forest’, 2024
Zachary Lieberman, ‘Ripple Studies’, 2024
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