Michelle Teran won the Transmediale Award for a piece of work BUSCANDO AL SR GOODBAR made in Murcia in Spain. A brilliant concept, it documented a coach trip around the city to the sites where youtube videos had been shot in the town and a chance to chat with the "stars" and see where they had shot their moments of fame.They were located by their position on Google maps.
It returned the digital world back to the physical and was all done with tremendous good spirits and sociability. I found the frantic camera work of the documentation a bit trying with the two screen format of the remix. But its a great piece, and Michelles work is well known in Nottingham as part of the group of artists related to Radiator and the Performing Space initiative.
In fact I think she is coming back to the city soon in connection with the Tracing Mobility seminar which will be at Nottingham Contemporary on 14-16 May 2010.
The Vilem Flusser Theory Award was won by Warren Neidich for his project Neuropower which investigated the process by which the neuronal networks of the brain reconfigure themselves through cognitive activity. His works are kind of thought experiments -and he spoke about them to Steve Benford from the Nottingham University Mixed reality lab in their section of The Long Conversation.
I am going to add a few images from the day .
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