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Teletext Art Prize 2013

The jury worked hard but finally reached a conclusion (one winner and 3 honorary mentions). The jury statement:

The winner is Kathrin Gûnter with her image series " Lindsay Lohan's Mug Shot Cabinet"

The jury is of the opinion that this image series has both the strongest concept and most innovative idea for Teletext imagery in relation to contemporary topics.

The series poses a clever contrast to the more sexual/pornographic pages that have become a subject in teletext (art) and that the technology has become liked and loved for. One the one hand some of the jury read the piece as controversial: in these pages the woman's role has replaced the masculine cliche, emphasizing the power relations in traditional gender politics. On the other hand Gunter uses the technological feature of 'char blinking', rendering a secondary proposition in which only the eyes of Lohan remain and which others of the jury read as a strong visual reference to the symbol of the burka and it's association in Western culture with female repression. All jury members were in agreement of the caliber and complexity of the winning work.

Honorary mentions go to Raquel Meyers, Daniel Egg and Dragan Espenschied:

- Raquel Meyers for her "The journey of the sun" image series in which she shows how the low-res Teletext technology can be employed for storytelling.

- Daniel Eggs "DUST and SCRATCHES" series that deals with the materiality of two very different technologies. In this series Egg translated the lo-fi artifacts of celluloid into lo-res Teletext artifacts.

- The jury really enjoyed Dragan Espenschieds use of the blink effect in his "Lucky Cat".

The peoples choice winners 2013 were:

- Dragan Espenschieds “Lucky Cat”
- LIAs serie “Black and White”
- John Lawrences serie “Connecting People”

More info on the Teletext Art Prize winner:

Kathrin Günter

web: katier.org

Kathrin Günter (Germany) has been exploring extensively gossip, star behaviour and the phenomenon of paparazzi photography. Her latest researches and investigations focus on thought-o-graphic experiments, photo chemical processes, spirit photography and other invisible phenomena of the early twentieth century.

The Teletext,- or rather Celebritext format adds yet another colourful layer to the infamous body of work "Star Shots", which the artist has been continuously enjoying and elaborating since 1999. Throughout various media, formats and techniques "Star Shots" exposes the allegedly scandalous world of celebrity and paparazzi photography.

More info on the jury:

Paul B. Davis

web: www.post-data.org/~paul

Paul is an artist and lecturer, currently living and working in London, UK. Paul pioneered the use of video game cartridges as an artistic medium and created the first hacked video game artworks.

Rosa Menkman

web: rosa-menkman.blogspot.fi

Rosa is a Dutch artist/theorist who focuses on visual artifacts created by accidents in both analogue and digital media. In 2011 Rosa wrote the Glitch Moment/um, a book on the exploitation and popularization of glitch artifacts.

Voin de Voin

web: voindevoin.andharbor.com

Voin de Voin (Berlin) was born in 1978 in Sofia. Studied theatre art in Amsterdam and Paris. Graduated with a master degree from DasArts, Amsterdam. He works in the field of contemporary art and performance.


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		TELETEXT ART PRIZE Teletext Art Prize 2013 The jury worked hard but finally reached a conclusion (one winner and 3 honorary mentions). The jury statement: The winner is Kathrin Gûnter with her image series " Lindsay Lohan's Mug Shot Cabinet" The jury is of the opinion that this image series has both the strongest concept and most innovative idea for Teletext imagery in relation to contemporary topics. The series poses a clever contrast to the more sexual/pornographic pages that have become a subject in teletext (art) and that the technology has become liked and loved for. One the one hand some of the jury read the piece as controversial: in these pages the woman's role has replaced the masculine cliche, emphasizing the power relations in traditional gender politics. On the other hand Gunter uses the technological feature of 'char blinking', rendering a secondary proposition in which only the eyes of Lohan remain and which others of the jury read as a strong visual reference to the symbol of the burka and it's association in Western culture with female repression. All jury members were in agreement of the caliber and complexity of the winning work. Honorary mentions go to Raquel Meyers, Daniel Egg and Dragan Espenschied: - Raquel Meyers for her "The journey of the sun" image series in which she shows how the low-res Teletext technology can be employed for storytelling. - Daniel Eggs "DUST and SCRATCHES" series that deals with the materiality of two very different technologies. In this series Egg translated the lo-fi artifacts of celluloid into lo-res Teletext artifacts. - The jury really enjoyed Dragan Espenschieds use of the blink effect in his "Lucky Cat". The peoples choice winners 2013 were: - Dragan Espenschieds “Lucky Cat” - LIAs serie “Black and White” - John Lawrences serie “Connecting People” More info on the Teletext Art Prize winner: Kathrin Günter web: katier.org Kathrin Günter (Germany) has been exploring extensively gossip, star behaviour and the phenomenon of paparazzi photography. Her latest researches and investigations focus on thought-o-graphic experiments, photo chemical processes, spirit photography and other invisible phenomena of the early twentieth century. The Teletext,- or rather Celebritext format adds yet another colourful layer to the infamous body of work "Star Shots", which the artist has been continuously enjoying and elaborating since 1999. Throughout various media, formats and techniques "Star Shots" exposes the allegedly scandalous world of celebrity and paparazzi photography. More info on the jury: Paul B. Davis web: www.post-data.org/~paul Paul is an artist and lecturer, currently living and working in London, UK. Paul pioneered the use of video game cartridges as an artistic medium and created the first hacked video game artworks. Rosa Menkman web: rosa-menkman.blogspot.fi Rosa is a Dutch artist/theorist who focuses on visual artifacts created by accidents in both analogue and digital media. In 2011 Rosa wrote the Glitch Moment/um, a book on the exploitation and popularization of glitch artifacts. Voin de Voin web: voindevoin.andharbor.com Voin de Voin (Berlin) was born in 1978 in Sofia. Studied theatre art in Amsterdam and Paris. Graduated with a master degree from DasArts, Amsterdam. He works in the field of contemporary art and performance.