FINALISTS
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DR. BERNHARD SEREXHE
Art historian, author, independent international curator, certified expert for electronic and digital art, Karlsruhe, Germany
2016-19 ongoing international exhibitions on GLOBAL CONTROL AND CENSORSHIP, consulting and expertise on the preservation of digital media art, since 2016 independent curator and certified expert for electronic and digital art; lecturer for the conservation and curation of media art at the University of Berne, Switzerland; since 2016 independent curator and certified expert for electronic and digital art; lecturer for the conservation and curation of media art at the University of Berne, Switzerland; 2006-16 chief curator of ZKM | Media Museum Karlsruhe, Ph. D. on the Cathedral Saint-Lazare in Autun, Burgundy (France), consultant for the Council of Europe, 1994 – 97 curator of ZKM | Media Museum, 1998-05 head of ZKM | Museum Communications, since 1998 lecturer media art and museology at the State Academy of Fine Arts St. Petersburg and the Universities of Berne, Basel and Karlsruhe, 2008-12 professor for aesthetics and media theory at Istanbul BILGI-University, since 2010 director of the EU Research Project www.digitalartconservation.org.
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DOOEUN CHOI
Independent Curator, New York, USA
DooEun Choi is currently serving as co-curator of Aurora 2018, the light, video, and sound festival in Dallas, Texas. Choi’s recent projects include Uncanny Valley?, Da Vinci Creative 2017 at the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture; Han Youngsoo: Photographs of Seoul 1956–1963 at the International Center of Photography at MANA, New York (2017); Why Future Still Needs Us: AI and Humanity at Art Center Nabi and QUT Art Museum in Brisbane (2016–17); Automata, The International Digital Arts Biennial, at Arsenal Montreal (2016); Sense Of Wonder, Da Vinci Creative 2015, at the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture; Boundless Fantasy: Media Art from East Asia at the Charles Wang Center, New York (2014); Anima, on the work of Choe U-ram, at Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul (2013); Spell On You, Mediacity Seoul 2012 Biennale, at the Seoul Museum of Art; and Seeking Silicon Valley, ZERO1 Biennial 2012, at Zero1 Garage in San Jose, California.
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MARTIN HONZIK
Senior Director of Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Martin Honzik is an artist and director of Ars Electronica’s Festival, Prix and Exhibitions divisions. He studied visual experimental design at Linz Art University (graduated in 2001) and completed the master’s program in culture & media management at the University of Linz and ICCM Salzburg (graduated in 2003). From 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the production team at the OK Center of Contemporary Art. In 2001, he joined the staff of the Ars Electronica Future Lab, where, until 2005, his responsibilities included exhibition design, art in architecture, interface design, event design and project management. Since 2006, Martin Honzik has been director of the Ars Electronica Festival and the Prix Ars Electronica and in charge of the exhibitions in the Ars Electronica Center as well as Ars Electronica’s international exhibition projects. His recent achievements in addition to numerous art projects (e.g. Ganz Linz, Vernichtungsaktion), include co-founding the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD festival for young people and serving as head of production and director of the 2012 Voestalpine Klangwolke.
THE 2ND AWARD (5th ENG SLIDE.ver)
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AMY HEIBEL
Adjunct Curator of Art + Technology Lab, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L.A., USA
Amy Heibel began her career in journalism at the Center for Investigative Reporting and later served as an executive creative director in over 200 projects for Louvre, the National Gallery of London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, SFMOMA, LACMA and the Getty. She received her bachelor’s degree in Scripps College and master’s degree in UC Berkeley in Philosophy. For 9 years from 1997, Heibel created multimedia contents with new digital media technique by leading creative and technical teams in San Francisco, New York, London and Paris. She has worked as the Head of New Media in LACMA for 2 years and has become the Vice President until now, taking responsibilities for all web and digital media engagement strategies and museum technology infrastructure.
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MARTIN HONZIK
Head of Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Martin Honzik is an artist and director of Ars Electronica’s Festival, Prix and Exhibitions divisions. He studied visual experimental design at Linz Art University (graduated in 2001) and completed the master’s program in culture & media management at the University of Linz and ICCM Salzburg (graduated in 2003). From 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the production team at the OK Center of Contemporary Art. In 2001, he joined the staff of the Ars Electronica Future Lab, where, until 2005, his responsibilities included exhibition design, art in architecture, interface design, event design and project management. Since 2006, Martin Honzik has been director of the Ars Electronica Festival and the Prix Ars Electronica and in charge of the exhibitions in the Ars Electronica Center as well as Ars Electronica’s international exhibition projects. His recent achievements in addition to numerous art projects (e.g. Ganz Linz, Vernichtungsaktion), include co-founding the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD festival for young people and serving as head of production and director of the 2012 Voestalpine Klangwolke.
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MYUNGJI BAE
Curator of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Myungji Bae received her bachelor’s degree in arts and later received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in art history in Hongik University. From 2004 to 2015, she worked as an executive curator in Coreana Museum of Art and directed over 20 domestic/international exhibitions. Her recent works include Tell Me Her Story ‘(2013), Performing Film (2013), and Featuring Cinema (2011). In 2006, Bae received Award of the Year from the Arts Council Korea for an exhibition Image Theater curated by her. She is currently serving as a curator in Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Gwacheon, Korea.
THE 1ST AWARD (5th ENG SLIDE.ver)
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HOUNGCHEOL CHOI
Curator at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Choi Houng-Cheol is currently a Curator of MMCA Korea and Project Director of Banjul-Schale. He was granted B.F.A.(1996) and M.F.A.(1998) at Department of Sculpture, Seoul National University and studied Art Theory at the Graduate School of Kookmin University for PhD from 2011 to 2013. He actively worked on diverse exhibitions and projects since 2001. His works are mainly about contemporary art and media. Latest exhibition curated by Choi is ‘Supernature’ at MMCA, Seoul in 2014. One of his main exhibitions A Night on the Galactic Railroad at Nampo Museum of Art, Goheung was held in 2013 and the other one, Museum Link Exhibition Bad Romanticism was held in ARKO Art Center in 2011. He also worked on the 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale (media_city seoul 2008), at Seoul Museum of Art in 2008. He also covered various subjects in other projects and exhibitions.
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LAUREN CORNELL
Curator at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Lauren Cornell is co-curator of the 2015 New Museum Triennial: Surround Audience. From 2005-2012, she served as executive director of Rhizome and adjunct curator at the New Museum, where she organized exhibitions including Walking Drifting Dragging, Free, and served as part of the curatorial team for the inaugural Triennial in 2009. At the New Museum, Cornell has also produced performance and live events with dozens of artists including Xavier Cha, Jill Magid, Trevor Paglen, and, in 2010, she founded the annual conference Seven on Seven. From 2002-2004, she served as executive director of Ocularis, a former microcinema in Brooklyn. She is co-editor, with Ed Halter, of the forthcoming book Mass Effect: Art and the Internet in the 21st Century (MIT Press/ New Museum, 2015), and has contributed to publications including Frieze, Mousse, LTTR, North Drive Press and The Paris Review. Since 2013, she has been on the faculty at Bard Center for Curatorial Studies.
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MARTIN HONZIK
Head of Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria
Martin Honzik is an artist and director of Ars Electronica’s Festival, Prix and Exhibitions divisions. He studied visual experimental design at Linz Art University (graduated in 2001) and completed the master’s program in culture & media management at the University of Linz and ICCM Salzburg (graduated in 2003). From 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the production team at the OK Center of Contemporary Art. In 2001, he joined the staff of the Ars Electronica Future Lab, where, until 2005, his responsibilities included exhibition design, art in architecture, interface design, event design and project management. Since 2006, Martin Honzik has been director of the Ars Electronica Festival and the Prix Ars Electronica and in charge of the exhibitions in the Ars Electronica Center as well as Ars Electronica’s international exhibition projects. His recent achievements in addition to numerous art projects (e.g. Ganz Linz, Vernichtungsaktion), include co-founding the u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD festival for young people and serving as head of production and director of the 2012 Voestalpine Klangwolke.