Lumen Prize

The Lumen Prize is an international award which celebrates art created with technology, especially digital art.^[2]

Carla Rapoport giving a presentation on the Lumen Prize at the EVA London 2016 conference in July 2016^[1]

Overview

The prize was founded by Carla Rapoport in 2012,^[3] The Lumen Prize has visited more than ten cities around the world including Amsterdam, Athens, Hong Kong, New York, Riga, Swansea^[4] and Shanghai.^{[citation needed]}

Through its parent company Lumen Art Projects,^[5] which promotes the work of longlisted, shortlisted and winning artists, Lumen has collaborated with the Barbican Centre,^[6] Computer Arts Society^[7] and the EVA London Conferences^[1] as well as the Tate,^[8] Photomonitor, Goldsmiths, University of London, Eureka! (Halifax), the British Computer Society, IBM UK, the Royal College of Art (London), CYLAND Media Lab (Saint Petersburg), etc.^{[citation needed]}

Since its launch, the Lumen Prize has given away more than $80,000 in prize money^[9] and staged over 45 exhibitions globally.^{[citation needed][when?]}

Prize winners

Past Lumen Prize Gold Award winners include artists Refik Anadol, Andy Lomas, Gibson/Martelli and Mario Klingemann.^{[citation needed]} The 2019 shortlist was profiled by SeditionArt.^[10]

2023 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: AUTO{}Construccion by CNDSD and IVAN ABREU (México)
• Crypto Art Award Winner: Proof of War by Egor Kraft (Tokyo ↔ Vienna)
• Student Award Winner: Hyborg Agency by UchanSun
• BCS Futures Award Winner: Critical Climate Machine by Gaëtan Robillard (France)

• Moving Image Award Winner: Ana Min Wein (Where Am I From?) by Nouf Aljowaysir (United States)
• HUA Award 華艺数奖: How Deep Is the Dark Water? by Rhett Tsai (China)
• Nordic Award Winner: Nest of You by Wang & Söderström (Denmark)
• Still Image Award Winner: JPEG FROM A VERNACULAR OF FILE FORMATS, (2009 - 2010), 2023 REVISITATION WITH HIDDEN MESSAGE IN DCT. by Rosa Menkman (Netherlands)
• Metaversal Generative Art Award Winner: Human Unreadable by Operator (United States)
• 3D/Interactive Award Winner: Between the Lines by Sarah Selby (United Kingdom)
• Immersive Environment Award Winner: Dreamachine by Collective Act (United Kingdom)
• Global Majority Award Winner: Dzata: The Institute of Technological Consciousness by Francois Knoetze, Russel Hlongwane and Amy Louise Wilson (South Africa)

2022 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: Jitr(จิตร) by Nitcha Tothong & Kengchakaj Kengkarnka (United States)

• 3D/Interactive Award Winner: RADIO GHOST by ZU-UK (United Kingdom)
• Global Majority Award Winner: Amaroid by Arjan Emmanuel Sanchez Guerrero (United Kingdom)
• Moving Image Award Winner: Portrait of the Jungle People / 山芭佬 (San-Ba-Lou) by Eddie Wong (Malaysia)
• Nordic Award Winner: Homage to Airway by Sophia Ioannou Gjerding (Denmark)
• NFT Award Winner: Rituals - Venice by Aaron Penne x Boreta (United States)
• Still Image Award Winner: For What It's Worth by Dillon Marsh (South Africa)
• HUA Award Winner: Melting Myth by Gong Yining & Sun Aijia (China)
• Student Award Winner: Jewels of the Sea by Maximilian Seeger (Germany)
• BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner: Ent- by Libby Heaney (United Kingdom)
• Futures Award Winner: The Future Tense by Russell Perkins (United Kingdom)

2021 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: Gold Award Winner UNINVITED by Nye Thompson & UBERMORGEN^[11]
• Moving Image Award Winner: El Salto (The Jump/ The Waterfall) by Juan Covelli^[12]
• Still Image Award Winner:Sylvia by Ziv Schneider^[13]
• 3D/Interactive Award Winner: Zoom, Click, Waltz by Sarah Choo Jing^[14]
• Futures Award Winner: Amazon Air (2021) by Gottfried Haider ^[15]
• Global South Award Winner: IGÚN by Minne Atairu^[16]
• Nordic Award Winner:Centaur by Pontus Lidberg & Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm^[17]
• Student Award Winner: Arcadia Inc. by Cezar Mocan^[18]
• BCS Immersive Environment Award Winner: I'd rather be in a dark silence than by Ania Catherine & Dejha Ti^[19]

2020 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: La Victoria by Julieta Gil
• Moving Image Award: Compressed Cinema by Casey Reas
• Still Image Award: Terram in Aspectu by Liliana Farber
• 3D Interactive Award: Hertzian Landscapes by Richard Vijgen
• XR Award:(Un)Balanced by Elyne Legarnisson
• Global South Award: Cosmos Within Us by Tupac Martir
• Nordic Award: Deux Mille by Søren Krag
• BCS AI Award: Helin by Christian Mio Loclair
• Photomonitor Student Prize: Racing Thoughts by Liu Wa

2019 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: Melting Memories by Refik Anadol
• Moving Image Award: Love Birds, Night Birds, Devil Birds by Cassie McQuater
• Still Image Award: Drawing Operations by Sougwen Chung
• BCS AI Award: Lichtsuchende by Dave Murray-Rust and Rocio von Jungenfeld
• 3D/Interactive Award: We Are All Made of Light by Maja Petrić
• XR Award: Trail of Angels by Kristina Buozyte & Vitalijus Zukas
• People’s Choice Award: Phygital Palimpest by Stefan Gant
• Photomonitor Student Award: A Capricious Pathway by Cassie Suche
• Rapoport Award for Women in Art and Tech: Resurrecting the Sublime, 2019 by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Dr. Christina Agapakis/Gingo Bioworks, and Sissel Tolaas

2018 winners

• Lumen Prize Gold Award: The Butcher’s Son by Mario Klingemann (Germany)
• Moving Image Award: Avyakrta: The Unanswered Questions by Sungjae Lee (South Korea)
• 3D/Interactive Award: Fidgety (In between up and down) by GayBird (Hong Kong)
• AR/VR Award: Tree by New Reality Company (UK)
• Still Image Award: Overload (Consequence) by Mark Lyons (UK)
• Rapoport Award for Women in Digital Art: In Defence of Industry by Felicity Hammond (UK)
• People’s Choice Award: Aerobanquets RMX by Mattia Casalegno (Italy, based in USA) with Flavio Gignoni Cartestia (food art), Mattheu Cherubini (coding), Martux_M (audio), Fito Segrera (tech assistance)
• BCS Artificial Intelligence Award: Degenerative Cultures Cesar & Lois An artwork by Cesar Baio and The League of Imaginary Scientists (Lois). Contributors: Scott Morgans (biologist)
• Meural Student Prize: The Punishment of Tantalus by Ziwei Wu (China)