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our 2024 WinnErs
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The Prometheus Expedition By Abel Art
Storytelling Winner
Discover the enigma of the Prometheus expedition. Follow the journey through haunting echoes and shadowy depths, where reality and the unimaginable blur. What lies beyond, in the silence and darkness?
Discover the enigma of the Prometheus expedition. Follow the journey through haunting echoes and shadowy depths, where reality and the unimaginable blur. What lies beyond, in the silence and darkness?
Solace by Arthur Machado & Ian Sweeney
Mental Health Category Winner
Lost in a sea of delusional memories, Tom navigates through darkness guided by an unrecognisable, yet familiar presence.
Lost in a sea of delusional memories, Tom navigates through darkness guided by an unrecognisable, yet familiar presence.
Black Høle by Davis Chang
AI Animation Winner
The short film 'Black Høle' reflects the oppressive atmosphere under the Asian education system. Day after day, the school is like a prison, confining the free thinking of children. If their grades are not satisfactory, various forms of punishment follow. The intense learning does not stop with the ringing of the dismissal bell. After school lets out at 5 pm, students face another suffocating space - cram school, which often runs until 10 pm, marking the end of an Asian student's daily routine. Behind this marathon schedule lies the distorted perception among many Asian parents that "only academic excellence matters." They crave for their children to enter top universities with outstanding grades, hoping to elevate their social status and benefit the family. Students are not allowed to defy authority figures like parents and teachers; excessive studying and exams take a toll on their physical and mental well-being. These factors congregate, gradually forming a massive black hole, which casts a shadow over the entire society.
We employed cutting-edge generative AI technology for 'Black Hole,' combining hand-drawn storyboards with Midjourney AI for finalized visuals and Runway ML for animations. The result is a childlike, doodle-esque acrylic painting style carrying potent emotions in response to our school lives, and it echoes recent news of a Taiwanese cram school showing off elementary students' packed schedules, shocking the entire society.
The short film 'Black Høle' reflects the oppressive atmosphere under the Asian education system. Day after day, the school is like a prison, confining the free thinking of children. If their grades are not satisfactory, various forms of punishment follow. The intense learning does not stop with the ringing of the dismissal bell. After school lets out at 5 pm, students face another suffocating space - cram school, which often runs until 10 pm, marking the end of an Asian student's daily routine. Behind this marathon schedule lies the distorted perception among many Asian parents that "only academic excellence matters." They crave for their children to enter top universities with outstanding grades, hoping to elevate their social status and benefit the family. Students are not allowed to defy authority figures like parents and teachers; excessive studying and exams take a toll on their physical and mental well-being. These factors congregate, gradually forming a massive black hole, which casts a shadow over the entire society.
We employed cutting-edge generative AI technology for 'Black Hole,' combining hand-drawn storyboards with Midjourney AI for finalized visuals and Runway ML for animations. The result is a childlike, doodle-esque acrylic painting style carrying potent emotions in response to our school lives, and it echoes recent news of a Taiwanese cram school showing off elementary students' packed schedules, shocking the entire society.
Dreamcatcher by Fabin Rasheed
Digital Art Winner
The Dreamcatcher is a project investigating subconscious imagery and their connections to real-life events. By photographing dreams and using brainwave reading, the project generates a real-time 3D sculpture in the form of a Dreamcatcher.
The Dreamcatcher is a project investigating subconscious imagery and their connections to real-life events. By photographing dreams and using brainwave reading, the project generates a real-time 3D sculpture in the form of a Dreamcatcher.
Latent Space by Nicolai Sagasser
AI Winner
"Latent Space" is a mesmerizing music video that delves into the captivating story of a young man's immersive journey into a virtual reality experience. As he becomes immersed in this artificial world, he finds himself captivated by a female AI character who possesses her own unique struggles and aspirations. While the man grapples with the blurred boundaries between reality and illusion, questioning what is genuine and what is fabricated, the AI character embarks on a remarkable exploration of humanity, constantly striving to become more human than humans themselves.
"Latent Space" is a mesmerizing music video that delves into the captivating story of a young man's immersive journey into a virtual reality experience. As he becomes immersed in this artificial world, he finds himself captivated by a female AI character who possesses her own unique struggles and aspirations. While the man grapples with the blurred boundaries between reality and illusion, questioning what is genuine and what is fabricated, the AI character embarks on a remarkable exploration of humanity, constantly striving to become more human than humans themselves.
A Safe Haven by Lisa Poulsen
Photography Winner
Using a single slab of Caithness Stone photographed on Dunnet Beach, this digital artwork celebrates the Scottish bothy: a small often isolated cottage offering refuge.
Using a single slab of Caithness Stone photographed on Dunnet Beach, this digital artwork celebrates the Scottish bothy: a small often isolated cottage offering refuge.
Anba tè, adan kò by Magalie Mobetie
AR / VR Winner
The culture of silence left undone a confrontation with ghosts of two carribean families. Anba tè, adan kò delves into memories, burial traditions, and inherited trauma through an augmented reality experience centered around a symbolic tree.
The culture of silence left undone a confrontation with ghosts of two carribean families. Anba tè, adan kò delves into memories, burial traditions, and inherited trauma through an augmented reality experience centered around a symbolic tree.
Will I take root? By Delnara El
Global South Winner
This photo-collage embodies the journey of Delnara El's migration and trauma, reflecting the fluidity of home and resilience amidst chaos. Symbolising the search for stability in an ever-changing world, where even the body becomes a sanctuary in the face of upheaval.
This photo-collage embodies the journey of Delnara El's migration and trauma, reflecting the fluidity of home and resilience amidst chaos. Symbolising the search for stability in an ever-changing world, where even the body becomes a sanctuary in the face of upheaval.
L'Homme et la machine by Greweb
Generative Winner
The art piece ""L'homme et la machine"" is a stop-motion animation made using 80 photos of postcard plots. It explores the tension between humans and technology, particularly the emergence of artificial intelligence and robots in our daily lives. The work highlights the opportunities that this technology can bring, as well as the threats it can represent for our future. It suggests that humans are constantly seeking progress, whether for their own benefit or for the danger of humanity. The work can be seen as a metaphor for the frenzied race of man forward.
This was made with an AxiDraw plotter by batch of 4x2 grid of 10 A3 plots, then cut into 80 postcards. It is initially entirely made with code and then took about 30 working hours to plot this (on just the plotting phase). The physical postcards are already distributed IRL but this NFT immortalise them digitally back into this video loop.
The art piece ""L'homme et la machine"" is a stop-motion animation made using 80 photos of postcard plots. It explores the tension between humans and technology, particularly the emergence of artificial intelligence and robots in our daily lives. The work highlights the opportunities that this technology can bring, as well as the threats it can represent for our future. It suggests that humans are constantly seeking progress, whether for their own benefit or for the danger of humanity. The work can be seen as a metaphor for the frenzied race of man forward.
This was made with an AxiDraw plotter by batch of 4x2 grid of 10 A3 plots, then cut into 80 postcards. It is initially entirely made with code and then took about 30 working hours to plot this (on just the plotting phase). The physical postcards are already distributed IRL but this NFT immortalise them digitally back into this video loop.
Denoise Body Experiments by Ryo Kajitani
Montage Winner
Created at the end of 2023. This series of photo collages, which started in 2021, is based on my diverse queer experiences as a transgender and asexual individual. It combines photography, drawing, art printing, and partial machine learning methods.
Created at the end of 2023. This series of photo collages, which started in 2021, is based on my diverse queer experiences as a transgender and asexual individual. It combines photography, drawing, art printing, and partial machine learning methods.
Isoverse - Invisible Cities By Frederik Vanhoutte - Winterbloed
NFT Winner
"Isoverse - Invisible Cities is a collection of 512 print-resolution outputs of one particular iteration of my ever evolving two tier isoverse generative geometry algorithm.
Single image fictions of struggle and harmony, growth and decay, disease and healing, order and disorder, inspired by both the pulp sci-fi one-planet-per-episode series from my youth and the prose poem visions of Marco Polo in Italo Calvino's eponymous novel.
Realized with Processing and custom code.
"Isoverse - Invisible Cities is a collection of 512 print-resolution outputs of one particular iteration of my ever evolving two tier isoverse generative geometry algorithm.
Single image fictions of struggle and harmony, growth and decay, disease and healing, order and disorder, inspired by both the pulp sci-fi one-planet-per-episode series from my youth and the prose poem visions of Marco Polo in Italo Calvino's eponymous novel.
Realized with Processing and custom code.
Morphing Memory of Neural Fad
AI Film Winner
Neural Fad merges AI, Tokyo's fashion history, exploring post-war youth subcultures from 1940s Moga/Mobo to 2000s Gyaru/Decora, inspired by media. Kusano's work imagines a rich style evolution, presenting an innovative journey through Tokyo's transformative fashion landscape.
Neural Fad merges AI, Tokyo's fashion history, exploring post-war youth subcultures from 1940s Moga/Mobo to 2000s Gyaru/Decora, inspired by media. Kusano's work imagines a rich style evolution, presenting an innovative journey through Tokyo's transformative fashion landscape.
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