ANAT Director to judge media art prize_

Date 9th July
Tags video art

From 'The Australian', by Rosemary Sorensen...

Friday July 4 2008

Nine artists have been invited to compete for the inaugural biennial award, to be judged by Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Elwood, Australian Network for Art and Technology Executive Director, Melinda Rackham and Experimenta Media Arts Executive Director Caroline Farmer.

"It's an interesting and exciting development," Brisbane-based Peter Alwast said, before today's announcement of the nine shortlisted artists competing for the Premier of Queensland's National Art Award in New Media.

Alwast will join Julie Dowling (Western Australia), Anita Fontaine (Queensland/The Netherlands), Joyce Hinterding and David Haines (NSW), Natalie Jeremijenko (Queensland/US), Adam Nash (Victoria), Sam Smith (NSW), John Tonkin (NSW) and Mari Velonaki (NSW) to create works using technologies such as digital animation."

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