Artistide Despres's creation,
'Harmonies in C Great (+),' whose power exudes a sense of grandeur, has taken the L$10,000 1st Prize for the July Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. Artée, as she is known, doubled the winnings as she also won the CARP Prize and the Nordan Art Prize. Fuschia Nightfire almost topped those winnings with
'Not Everything is Plain Black & White' by taking home 4 prizes and a total of L$17,500. She won Joint 2nd Prize, alongside June Clavenham & Gleman Jun; she also won the People's Choice Award as well as the Tornado Gallery and Pirats Group Prizes. Typote Beck with 'The Superheroes Breakfast' emulated a feat achieved only once before by taking 3 Group Awards (Odyssey Prize, S&S Gallery OFA Prize & Project Z Prize). An unprecedented night saw yet another creation take 2 Group Awards, with Miso Susanowa's
'Down on the Data Farm' also gaining direct entry to the Grand Finale by winning both The Workhouse & Art place d-oo-b Prize and the Phi Designs Prize. The Non-Scripted Prize also resulted in a tie with RazorZs
'Tunnel With Light at the End of It' deadlocked with Corcosman Voom's
'Hurdle', while Toughlove Sabra won the Curator's prize with the deceptive and surprising
'Inside A Troubled Mind'.
Visit the Gallery to See All the Winners
ALEXANDRA'S CHOICE BLOG ON JULY ROUND WORKS
YOUTUBE OF ARTISTIDE'S WINNING CREATION
NORDAN ART BLOG ON THE JULY WINNERS
THINKERER MELVILLE'S Blog on the July Round
TEMI SIRBU'S BLOG POST ON THE JULY ROUND
TEMI SIRBU on the July Round - Part II
EIFACHFILM VACIRCA records events following the announcements
FULL RESULTS FOLLOW AND THE TEXT OF THE WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT IS REPRODUCED BELOW IN ITS ENTIRETY
1st Prize: (L$10,000)
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres
"I really am in shock . I want to thank Josina and Velazquez from CARP, Flora Nordanskiold from Nordan Gallery and the members of the UWA panel. I was not prepared to such an honor. I can only say this will encourage me a lot in the coming weeks. Merci. " Artistide Despres
2nd Prize (JOINT) : (@ L$5,000)
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
"The piece was originally designed to fit a concept by Katz Jupiter for a show at her sim 'Slightly Twisted'. I would like to thank her for inviting me to make something for this show, because if she hadn't, this piece would never have been made. The show will be opening very soon and has other work by myself and other artists on display, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slightly%20Twisted/97/41/32" Fuschia Nightfire
LIVING FRACTAL by June Clavenham
"When I started to experience in the digital media very long ago, I feel in love with fractals, and I still mantain many of my works based in them. I wanted to submit a work related with them this time, and I feel very happy and honoured for the 2nd. place. Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed my work!" June Clavenham
THE MATTER OF IDEAS by Gleman Jun
Best Non-Scripted Prize (JOINT) : (@L$2,500)
TUNNEL WITH LIGHT AT THE END OF IT by RazorZ
HURDLE by Corcosman Voom
"Thanks very much, everyone. It's a privilege to be able to display my work alongside so many very talented people, The artists have made this a very special event. But it would not be possible without all the hard work by Jayjay and FreeWee. Thank you both. And a big thank you to all the donors. Your generosity is greatly appreciated." Corcosman Voom
UTSA Prize: (L$5,000)
FANTASY by Anley Piers
"This piece is very important to me as I was exhibiting it too at Nordan Gallery in its entire original piece and it was hard to cut it for UWA challenge, so I'm very glad I won with this piece." Anley Piers
SL Art Prize: (L$5,000)
CHILD PLAY by Ub Yifu
"Many thx for that reward! That is good to feel supported and motivates me to go on" Ub Yifu
Odyssey Prize: (L$5,000)
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
"I want to thank the groups project Z , S&S Gallery of Art and Odyssey for these prizes. It's a real encouragement for me, and a pleasure that my work could be appreciated." - Typote Beck
Pirats Prize: (L$5,000)
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
"The piece was originally designed to fit a concept by Katz Jupiter for a show at her sim 'Slightly Twisted'. I would like to thank her for inviting me to make something for this show, because if she hadn't, this piece would never have been made. The show will be opening very soon and has other work by myself and other artists on display, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slightly%20Twisted/97/41/32" Fuschia Nightfire
CARP Prize: (L$5,000)
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres
"I want to thank Josina and Velazquez from CARP, Flora Nordanskiold from Nordan Gallery and the members of the UWA panel. I was not prepared to such an honor. I can only say this will encourage me a lot in the coming weeks. Merci. " Artistide Despres
Nordan Art Prize: (L$5,000)
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres
"I want to thank Josina and Velazquez from CARP, Flora Nordanskiold from Nordan Gallery and the members of the UWA panel. I was not prepared to such an honor. I can only say this will encourage me a lot in the coming weeks. Merci." Artistide Despres
Nordan Art Honourable Mention: (L$2,500)
NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE by Dekka Raymaker
BOSL Prize: (L$5,000)
DOTTY AUTOPORTRAIT by Cherry Manga
"For my dotty portrait i would say that this piece doesn't reflect my usual work with the colours and how it looks. I thank you for choosing it though :D" Cherry Manga
S&S Gallery of Art Prize (L$5,000)
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
"I want to thank the groups project Z , S&S Gallery of Art and Odyssey for these prizes. It's a real encouragement for me, and a pleasure that my work could be appreciated." - Typote Beck
Tornado Gallery (L$5,000)
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
"The piece was originally designed to fit a concept by Katz Jupiter for a show at her sim 'Slightly Twisted'. I would like to thank her for inviting me to make something for this show, because if she hadn't, this piece would never have been made. The show will be opening very soon and has other work by myself and other artists on display, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slightly%20Twisted/97/41/32" Fuschia Nightfire
The Workhouse & Art place d-oo-b Prize (L$5,000)
DOWN ON THE DATA FARM by Miso Susanowa
"Thank you... I've been thinking about this issue for awhile, and finished the piece about 12 hours before the #PlusGate story started to break... I was happy to feel "in tune" with the world. It's an important issue and I am glad people are becoming aware of how much they give away for convenience's sake." Miso Susanowa
Phi Designs Prize (L$5,000)
DOWN ON THE DATA FARM by Miso Susanowa
"Wow! Um... golly! Thank you!" Miso Susanowa
project Z Prize: (L$5,000)
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
"I want to thank the groups project Z , S&S Gallery of Art and Odyssey for these prizes. It's a real encouragement for me, and a pleasure that my work could be appreciated." - Typote Beck
Curator's Choice Award (L$5,000):
INSIDE A TROUBLED MIND by Toughlove Sabra
"It is always an honor to even be considered in the likes of the great artists that provide their pieces for the challenge, they are all thought provoking in their own right. To win this award is just simply amazing and a honor" Toughlove Sabra
People's Choice Award, 1st Prize: (L$2,500)
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
"The piece was originally designed to fit a concept by Katz Jupiter for a show at her sim 'Slightly Twisted'. I would like to thank her for inviting me to make something for this show, because if she hadn't, this piece would never have been made. The show will be opening very soon and has other work by myself and other artists on display, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Slightly%20Twisted/97/41/32" Fuschia Nightfire
People's Choice Award, 2nd Prize: (L$1,000)
THE MATTER OF IDEAS by Gleman Jun
For anyone interested in seeing the full text of the announcement by Jayjay Zifanwe, delivered from 6am slt on Wednesday, 3rd August, it is reproduced as follows:
Greetings everyone, and welcome to the University of Western Australia, or UWA as she is known and also welcome to the JULY round announcement of winners and party for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. As is tradition at UWA, I would like to acknowledge that the University is situated on Nyoongar land and that the Nyoongar people remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land and continue to uphold their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge.
This is the 9th of 12 monthly rounds for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. The Grand Finale isnt far away! The first thing I would like to do is to thank and acknowledge the major art houses and groups in Second Life that are part of this Grand Collaboration. These include The University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) led by Dr Carmen Fies, SL Art led by Gleman Jun & Sunset Quinnel, CARP led by Josina Burgess & Velazquez Bonetto, Pirats Art Network led by Merlina Rokocoko & Newbab Zsigmond, Odyssey led by Fau Ferdinand, Jo Ellsmere & Lizsolo Mathilde, BOSL led by Frolic Mills and Editorial Clarity, Nordan Art led by Flora Nordanskiold, S&S Gallery of Fine Art led by TheDove Rhode, The Workhouse Gallery led by Astarte Haalan, Art Place d-oo-b led by Eifachfilm Vacirca, The Tornado Gallery led by Taralyn Gravois, project Z led by Zachh Cale and UWA with Professor Ted Snell, Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts as Chair of the UWA judging panel.
UWA would also like to acknowledge fellow sponsors, MidnightRain Glas, Philip Vought, Bohemian Ghost, Patch Thibaud and Aino Baar of Open This End.
73 entries were received for the JULY round, spread out across this sim-wide 'Living Gallery'! As always, I love seeing new artists (to the UWA Challenges), and in the JULY round we said hello to Asterion Coen, CHUCKMATRIX Clip, Gfresh Botha, Mania Amat, Mudbug Cooperstone, oona Eiren , Theda Tammas and Tyrehl Byk among others.
We have been through 21 monthly rounds since all this started in August 2009 and more than 400 artists have been involved. The magic number is 24 come October.
This L$1,400,000 challenge will see more than L$96,000 being distributed each month, with the Grand Prize winner at the end of it all pocketing a cool L$100,000. The many contributions coming in from everyone through the little donations receiver will this year be put towards special prizes, including the Curator's Choice Award.
It is important to me to also acknowledge everyone who did contribute over the month towards prizes across the year and the Grand Finale. Thank you Mouehane Sandalwood, spirit Radikal, Dusty Canning, Sledge Roffo, Milly Sharple, cullum Writer, Hypatia Pickens and Briarmelle Quintessa.
As always I acknowledge the international connections made through SL, and up to now, the various challenges have seen artists, builders and machinimatographers hailing from India, Colombia, Poland, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, Taiwan, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, Venezuela, Belgium, Mexico, Wales, Canada, the USA, the UK, Uruguay, Scotland,England, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, France, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Holland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Austria, Cuba, Serbia, Tunisia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. More than 40 nations with 6 of the 7 continents of the world represented.
At this point I would like for all of you to help me acknowledge the amazing work required to keep all of this going. Curator of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge & Creator of gallery ....... FreeWee Ling.
Do check out the amazing photo gallery she has put together over the months
https://picasaweb.google.com/freeweel
As always many things happened since the last announcements.
We had the brilliant Mexican, Bert Jedburgh stepping in for Yesikita Coppola to present the Machinima for the June Round winners:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W09c736lgw&feature=player_embedded
And also, I am very happy to say that after a 2 month hiatus where we also had the help of Laslopantomik Yao, we have our official machinimatographer, Yesikita Coppola back to create the Machinima for the July round!
The amazing artworks have provided the perfect material for the L$300,000 MachininUWA IV: Art of the Artists. The most recent submissions for this have come from Miso Susanowa! The challenge here is to create a machinima that features some (or one) of the artworks submitted to the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. You can choose to film as many (or as few) as you like, and you may submit any number of entries. The theme is wide open, only the subject matter is fixed in that it must have been exhibited at some point for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. This is a tribute to all of you, the wonderful 3D artists who have created all the masterful works that surround you now. This closes in November, so do encourage any colleagues of yours who create machinima to work with you and your creations.
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/06/journey-continues-machinimuwa-iv-art-of.html
Some great publicity for UWA SL Art activities, as Western Australia's Artists's Chronicle (Issue No 139, July/August 2011), a bi-monthly publication for artists and collectors featured the UWA 3D Art Challenge following the results of a recent survey of people from across the world who have had some experience with UWA's activities in the virtual world.
The article is linked here:
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/07/uwa-3d-art-features-in-artists.html
The image on Page 16 shows off some of the artworks sent in for the June and July rounds of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge including Cherry Manga's Dotty Autoportrait, Mcarp Mavendorf's Jack Star, Kolor Fall's BeforeY & Adjacent Lovers and Miso Susanowa's Daddy (Venomous Constricter).
With the UWA RL/SL Photo Comp ( UWA Friends of the Grounds Photo Comp) where 12 photos were selected from over 250 plus entries and more than 60 entries from Second Life, I had already announced that somehow the photo taken by a rank amateur who obviously doesnt know what he's doing, namely myself, was selected as one of the 12 photos for the calendar. I had decided of course not to award the L$25,000 prize and use it instead to purchase the actual calendars and use it as prizes for the art and machinima grand finale winners. Sadly, I can't spend L$25,000 on it anymore....
The good news is that another photo from SL has now been selected to be a companion image to one of the RL monthly photos selected. So the person who submitted that photo will receive L$12,500 and I'll tell you who it is (very familiar name) as soon as I get permission from the organizers to print all the photos on the blog. All this should happen this month, as I have been invited to attend a special function with the UWA Vice-Chancellor as guest of honour on the 29th of August where all the photos will be on display at the University Club of UWA.
Another thing of note is that in 2010, the University of Western Australia assisted the University of Western Sydney in their study of the use of virtual moot courts in virtual worlds. Following that, in 2011, Paul Rogers, Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney co-authored a journal paper titled "Virtual Moot Court: A Pilot Study". This was published in the Journal of the Australasian Law teachers Association. See the UWA where part of the paper has been reproduced
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/08/virtual-moot-court-in-journal-of.html
Page 2 details the assistance provided by Professor William Ford, then UWA's Dean of the Faculty of Law and myself. On page 4 Nyx Breen's involvement is described as he was the main architect for the spaces used to conduct the moot court activities, while Raphaella Nightfire is referenced on Page 5 as she helped design the legal attire that was used. Nyx & Raphaella were of course mainstays of the 1st year of art and architecture challenges at UWA.
As I said last month, the October Round will be the final monthly round of the art challenges at UWA. There won't be monthly art challenges at UWA once the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge draws to a close. HOWEVER, this DOES NOT mean that its the end of art at UWA. The art gallery will remain, and revert to how galleries normally operate, and FreeWee Ling will continue as curator.
The only thing ending is MONTHLY art challenges. There will be a major art challenge probably in the middle of 2012, and MachinimUWA V will also be run in 2012. Both will have a theme and will be relatively open but loosely tied to UWA's centenary in RL as she is 100 years old. So everything remains the same at UWA, Teaching, Research, Architecture and Art in general. The only change will be that there will no longer be a monthly art challenge.
For UWA's full sim art series, we thank Ally Aeon and the artists of Aeonia for the wonder Migr-Ants for their brilliant work, and also the smaller creations that were sent in to the July Round that hinted at the larger full sim creation.
The August month may see the end of the UWA FULL SIM ART SERIES. As described when the series kicked off, this was always going to happen as the 5th UWA SIM on which this is hosted was coming to a natural end of its life cycle (the 4 main UWA sims continue as always).
In a remarkable display, June Clavenham of Montevideo, Uruguay has worked her magic within 24 hours of receiving the land from the Artists of Aeonia once the Migr-Ants had moved on.
And thus it is that we present June Clavenham's 'Choices' for the August month of the Full SIM art series. In her words, "Choices is both a visual experience, and a statement about hope. I believe our choices are sometimes not the most wise, but they are the best we can do at a given moment, and at the end we will be able to find what brings kidness and peace to our hearts. I made the textures for the place, and tried to create an ambience to make you immerse and ponder. I hope you find it interesting, and have a bit of fun at the end of the path."
Click here to get the LM's for it:
http://uwainsl.blogspot.com/2011/08/june-clavenhams-choices-uwa-full-sim.html
I would like to acknowledge the members of the UWA judging panel. On the panel were:
1. Professor Ted Snell (RL) - Director, Cultural Precinct, The University of Western Australia
2. John Barret-Lennard (RL) - Curator of the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA
3. Raphaella Nightfire (SL) - Snr Writer Best of SL Magazine, Owner Sanctorum Gallery
4. Len Zuks (RL) - Award Winning West Australian Sculpturist
5. FreeWee Ling (SL) - Curator, UWA 3D Open Art Challenge
6. Laetitia Wilson (RL) - Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, UWA
7. Lyn DiCiero (RL) - Editor, WA Artist's Chronicle
8. And expert paper shuffler and stapler refiller ...... Yours Truly
Those who followed procedings last year would know that for the Grand Finale, the panel expands to include many SL Art personalities, and for this new challenge, the expanded panel will include:
1. Sasun Steinbeck - Creator of the Art Galleries of SL list at
http://sasun.info/ArtGalleriesofSL.aspx
2. Tayzia Abattoir (SL) Owner of The Oldest Virtual World Art Museum in SL, curator of the Aho Museum & Arts Simulacra on the NMC Campus and Relay For LIfe of SL Event Chair
3. Lumiere Noir (SL) - Creator of the Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
4. Dr. Phylis Johnson (RL) - Media Professor, Southern Illinois Uinversity, Author - Machinima: Aesthetics and Practice (a.k.a, Sonicity Fitzroy, SL Virtual Journalist)
5. Rowan Derryth (SL) - Art & Design Historian; Writer for Prim Perfect Publications
6. Persia Bravin (SL) - Journalist and Media Producer (SL newspapers, magazines, radio and television)
7 Dr Carmen Fies (RL) - Second Life Lead: University of Texas San Antonio & UTSA Artspace
8. Apollo Manga (SL) - examiner.com Writer & Novelist
9. Jordan Whitt (SL) - Editor in Chief, ICON Lifestyle Magazine
10. Mariposa Upshaw (SL) - Curator - Ventura Art & Jardine; Officer, Arts Council of Second Life
11. Saffia Widdershins (SL) - Owner and Editor of Prim Perfect Publications
12. Phillip Vought (SL) - Art Philanthropist & Founding Patron of UWA-BOSL Amphitheatre
13. Bohemian Ghost (SL) - Art Philanthropist & Owner of Summerland Estates
14. Ally Aeon (SL) - Founder Aeonia Artist Group, creator/owner of the art region Aeonia
15. Aino Baar (SL) - Owner of the Open This End Group
Now for the winners. The winners will be announced in 1 minute intervals. We invite everyone to comment and congratulate the winners and for the winners to respond before the next announcement (and if they could please use the SHOUT function). Also prizes will be given immediately following the announcements, so if you have won, please do stay till the end of the announcements.
I must say... that in all the months of the challenge, this is the most unique set of results that I have come across
First the People's Choice Awards. For this, I always start off by thanking GeeJAnn Blackadder, who created this wonderful voting system for us. Its been working a treat since being set up, and greatly assists in the running of the People's Choice!
The People's Choice Award, where all of SL is invited to vote, carries a 1st ($L2,500) and a 2nd prize ($L1,000). Its almost never been decided completely before the final day, and JULY was no exception.
For the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, 2nd prize (L$1,000) goes to:
THE MATTER OF IDEAS by Gleman Jun
AND, the winner of the JULY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD (L$2,500) is:
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
Very strong in the voting for the People's Choice Award (and in no particular order) were: Mudbug Cooperstone's 'Regeneration of Life', Fiona Blaylock's 'Time flies', Bety Tureaud's 'Magician's Hat', Ub Yifu's 'Child Play', Cherry manga's 'Dotty Autoportrait', Miso Susanowa's 'Down on the Data Farm', Daco Monday's 'Musico P' and Artistide Despres' 'Harmonies in C Great (+)'.
TWELVE Art Group Prizes of L$5,000 each have been awarded by the various judging panels for the JULY Round of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge:
The Odyssey Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Fau Ferdinand, Joe Ellsmere & Lizsolo Mathilde goes to
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
The SL Art Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Gleman Jun & Sunset Quinnell goes to:
CHILD PLAY by Ub Yifu
Said the panel,
"Who are we to talk about Ub`s work? We can only thank him for the opportunity to share with us his art. Specifically in Child Play he delighted us with the atmosphere of mystery created with shapes, colors, lights and shadows. Ub is a fine art and uses animations and movements sparingly. Child Play is definitely a mature work of art itself from a creative and experienced artist."
The UTSA Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Dr Carmen Fies goes to:
FANTASY by Anley Piers
The CARP Prize (L$5,000) whose focus is on scripting with a panel led by Velasquez Bonnetto & Josina Burgess goes to:
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres
Josina shared,
"Velazquez and me walked over the exhibition and enjoyed again all works and great creativity, art, builds, installations and ideas. As you know we go for the well used scripts and artistique innovation. And again we chose the work of Artistide Despres this month. Her constant flow of new ideas and developments is just stunning, also the hardness and complexity of the scripts and the use of Inland Sounds is great."
Next the joint Workhouse & Art Place d-o-o-b Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Astarte Haalan and Elfachfilm Vacirca goes to:
DOWN ON THE DATA FARM by Miso Susanowa
The judges explained,
"Why did this remind us of the new SL web profiles? 'Google Index +1.27…Facebook Index 209…Sociality 83.' The consumer in her feeding pen is force fed the recycled products of her own artificial biology. She wears the brands of, among others, AT&T, iTunes, YouTube and…Second Life. The consumer has become the captive of the very products that promise to free her. While we enjoy so many aspects of our second lives, and of technology in general, we must always be wary of their ability to enslave as well as to liberate if we are to remain creative, productive, human beings. We may be at a critical juncture, where we are either shackled to devices of our own making or use them to achieve new insights and wisdom. The July award from Art Place d-oo-b and the Workhouse goes to Miso Susanowa for Down on the Data Farm."
The BOSL Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Frolic Mills & Editorial Clarity goes to:
DOTTY AUTOPORTRAIT by Cherry Manga
Said the BOSL Chair,
"Cherry shows once again her passion and sense of taste with this wonderfull and playful art piece. One must really be free and elevated to produce a self portrait of ourselves like Cherry did. I have a feeling she is all that and much more!"
The Nordan Art Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Flora Nordenskiold goes to:
An artist to be names later, as first, Nordan Art are providing an Honourable Mention Prize as well of L$2,500 and this goes to:
NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE by Dekka Raymaker
Said the panel,
"It was absolutely impossible for the Nordan Art jury to pick one winner for the July 2011 round. Dekka Raymaker's work "Nude Descending a Staircase" consists of a section of a room; part of a floor, a staircase, part of a wallpapered wall. There are seven wooden hangers positioned above the staircase. Watching this installation, one is initially struck by the simplicity of it; hangers above a staircase. But the cleverly positioned hangers, the shape and the turns of the staircase, the pattern of the delicate blue wallpaper, somehow all come together and leave an impression of a nude gracefully moving down the steps. Dekka's work stands out to Nordan Art because he has succeeded in creating an optical illusion of sorts. With his hinting and suggesting using basic objects, he stimulates one's imagination to the fullest. Dekka masters the surreal."
And the winner of The Nordan Art Prize (L$5,000) for July is:
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by Artistide Despres
A 2nd Group award for Artee.... meaning direct qualification to the Grand Finale!
The panel offered
"Artistide Despres' work "Harmonies in C Great (+)" consists of a marble platform on which are placed three large wooden strips of wood and two wooden poles. The large wooden strips are moving, bending backwards and forwards, in individual rhythms. The wooden poles are each enveloped by one large and one small cylinder shaped piece of wood; these shapes are turning around and simultaneously moving up and down the wooden pole. There is also a thinner wooden pole within the larger wooden pole; it is moving up and down. Smoke and a small wooden ball are being projected out from each of these constallations. Music, a modern classical pieces of sorts, is part of the installation. Standing in front of this work one is immediately struck by the unpredictable movements seemingly producing an incredibly forceful energy. But at some point, incorporating the sound, it appears the movements and the energy in fact give rise to the music. Artistide's work stands out to Nordan Art because she is able to integrate simple forms, complex movements and sound into a meaningful whole. Her work leaves the viewer thinking and wondering about its meaning. Artistide has created an imaginary instrument. "
The Pirats Prize: (L$5,000) with a panel led by Merlina Rokocoko & Newbab Zsigmond goes to:
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
A 2nd award for Fuschia, however, unlike Artee's this does not gain direct qualification to the grand finale, as the other award was the People's Choice
The Tornado Gallery Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Taralyn Gravois goes to:
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
And so... a 3rd Award for Fuschia, plus a 2nd Group Award... meaning direct entry to the Grand Finale!
A member of the Tornado Gallery panel commented,
"I love this piece, the use of textures to camouflage the zebras. They are hidden in plain sight. Being in the open room of the UWA gallery does not do it justice, it is an amazing piece. Thank you for creating it, I look forward to more pieces like this."
The S&S Gallery OFA Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by TheDove Rhode goes to:
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
And thus we have a 3rd double winner gaining direct entry to the Grand Finale, as Typote took the Odyssey Prize as well.
Said the panel,
"Entering the door, peeking in, surprised by the muse in the corner, window filled with a view of storm. Spying the light, shadows light streams eyes widen... I knew this was the corner for a hero, and even a Dove to alight upon."
The project Z Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Zachh Cale goes to:
THE SUPERHEROES BREAKFAST by Typote Beck
this is simply amazing...... Typote emulates Misprint Thursday's feat of winning 3 Group awards in a single month. She did it with Digital Glove. The next closest to this was Lollito Larkham who won 3 Group Awards in the same month but shared between 2 artworks.
The Phi Designs Prize (L$5,000) with a panel led by Ginger Alsop goes to:
DOWN ON THE DATA FARM by Miso Susanowa
And this is why I said July's results were unique. 4 different artworks have been selected by at least 2 Groups as their winner, and without even looking at the UWA panel results, we have 4 works gaining direct qualification to the Grand Finale. This is unprecedented!
many comments from the Phi Designs panelists
"Smart and thoughtful, the commentary on being always connected, always accessible and inescapably subbed to the whole world of information. Makes me react in a very visceral way.”
“This says data mining so well, from the secrets people prefer not to tell to the invasive element of data mining, its thoughtful, shocking and brilliant.”
“Disturbing but honest - how we feed on binaries and social networks, and how they grow on our input, slightly scripted and not too heavy in symbolism.”
“This piece scares me ... you can laugh at it, but when you really start to think about it, you realize what Miso has represented is exactly where we are headed. Where we are plugged in to the network, and everything is all about the value of the information we provide or are given.”
Next, the Curator's Choice award is chosen by FreeWee Ling to recognize work that, for whatever reason, may not receive a regular prize, but that is felt to be deserving of recognition.
In FreeWee's words:
"I took over 250 pictures of the entries in this month's Challenge. It's never an easy task, but with 73 complex works to document, this round was especially difficult. It was also especially rewarding. I've never felt so ambiguous about picking winners before. There were at least a dozen pieces I could name that I thought were completely deserving of a first prize. The competition was fierce and the judging could have gone any number of ways. It is remarkable that solid a consensus was achieved. But the consensus belies a lot of discussion and thought.
This month the Curator's Choice award is my opportunity to recognize an artist who came very close to winning several other prizes. She always comes up with thought-provoking works, often in medium to large scale. This month her entry was a total surprise and a delight. I mentioned to her when it was delivered that I was impressed that she packed so much into this space. "
The July Curator's Choice Award (L$5,000) goes to:
INSIDE A TROUBLED MIND, by Toughlove Sabra
Now for the Best Non-Scripted entry. The JULY round once again saw many non-scripted entries come in... so much so that FreeWee has an announcement pertaining to Non-Scripted works. Anyway, the July winner of the Best Non-Scripted Entry is:
TUNNEL WITH LIGHT AT THE END OF IT by RazorZ
It should be no surprise by now to all experienced with the challenge that we are unable to award the L$5,000 prize to RazorZ.
This is of course because the is a joint winner for the non-scripted prize. And so the joint winner of the Best Non-Scripted Entry for July (@L$2,500), is:
HURDLE by Corcosman Voom
As promised, here is FreeWee's announcement in relation to this,
"Last March, we realized how many really great pieces were submitted that were non-scripted. I had a similar realization in the July round and so, as before, I will be gathering a select group of the best non-scripted pieces to be exhibited on a platform above the gallery within the next couple of days. The exhibit is to be titled "More When Less is More" and I will be producing an exhibit catalog as I did for the previous exhibit. That catalog is online at http://freeweeling.com/blog/2011/04/when-less-is-more/. Watch for further announcements."
Now for the top 3 Prizes. All of these works will go straight to the Grand Finale round. 4 works are already through to the Grand Finale based on the outcome of the Group selections.
In 3rd place is someone well known and loved by all who have been attending the UWA Art Challenge announcements. Certainly one to have controversy attached as well whenever their name is called ! Almost as much as the recent ballyhoo in the artworld!
And so, 3rd Prize for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for JULY goes to:
NOBODY
Yes, NOBODY and many of you already know why.
Well all of you already know what this means. Again, the reason for this is to accomodate the varying views and not spend hours trying to dissect one work from another in terms of which is marginally better. I am happy to announce that we have a THREE WAY TIE FOR 2ND PLACE! We've added the 2nd & 3rd prize amounts and topped that off a tiny bit to make it L$5,000 each. And so, the JOINT winner of the 2nd Prize for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for July is:
THE MATTER OF IDEAS by Gleman Jun
Gleman's piece also took 2nd prize in the People's Choice as you'd recall.
Next, the JOINT winner of the 2nd Prize for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for JULY also is:
LIVING FRACTAL by June Clavenham
AND, the JOINT winner of the 2nd Prize for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for JULY also is:
NOT EVERYTHING IS PLAIN BLACK & WHITE by Fuschia Nightfire
Amazing...... 2nd Prize, People's Choice Winner & 2 Group awards for Fuschia with a total of L$17,500 in prizes this month!
Now to the winner of the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for JULY, following in the footsteps of past champions Snubnose Genopeak, Glyph Graves, Atomic Gaffer, Fuschia Nightfire/Flivelwitz Alsop, Julez Odigaunt, FreeWee Ling, Bryn Oh, Nish Mip, Josina Burgess, Cherry Manga, Igor Ballyhoo, Suzanne Graves, Lea Supermarine/Jarapanda Snook, Ginger Alsop, Gleman Jun, Dusty Canning, L1aura Loire and Emilin Nakamori.
Now when I first laid my eyes on this piece, I instantly said to FreeWee, 'this piece is going to win something for sure', little did I realize how successful it would be. A piece that according to some of the UWA panelists conveyed a true sense of grandeur, it is with great pleasure that we announce that the Winner of 1st Prize (L$10,000) for the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge for JULY 2011 is:
HARMONIES IN C GREAT (+) by 'Artee' Artistide Despres
2 Group prizes and the overall 1st prize making that a total for L$20,000 for July.
Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all the artists who have entered the UWA 3D Open Art Challenge. We are officially receiving artworks for AUGUST, so please do send in your entries as soon as possible as the entries will close on the 20th of the month.
