Award Video Art   20.02. – 01.05.2017

Video Art Award Bremen: E.S. Mayorga und Sharlene Khan

The jury of the 23. Video Art Award presented the First Prize of € 5.000 to E.S. Mayorga (*1975 in Mexico City, Mexico) for his project The Role of Fear. The Second Prize with an award of € 1.500 went to Sharlene Khan (*1977 in Durban, South Africa) for her project When the moon waxes red. The jury awards the prizes for submitted ideas and concepts which are subsequently realised with the aid of the prize money.

The Video Art Award by the Filmbüro Bremen is bestowed annually and is in its twentythird year. The jury this year included Dr. Arie Hartog (Director of the Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen), Susann Maria Hempel (video artist and earlier prize winner, Greiz) and Kai Hoelzner (art dealer, Berlin). They judge works submitted from the German-speaking regions in Europe and from Bremen’s partner cities. This year, 211 projects were submitted. The prize money is provided by the Bremische Landesmedienanstalt, by the Senator for Culture and by the Künstlerinnenverband GEDOK.

 

(Fig. above: Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VII, 2014, digital photograph, photo: Nicola Gear | Fig. exhibition overview: E.S. Mayorga, Still from The Role Of Fear - Chapter II – Let Jesus Fuck You!, work in progress, © E.S. Mayorga / Sharlene Khan, Drowning Durga VII, 2014, digital photograph, photo: Nicola Gear)

Video Art Award Bremen
The Video Art Award by the Filmbüro Bremen is bestowed annually and is in its twentythird year. The jury this year included Dr. Arie Hartog (Director of the Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen), Susann Maria Hempel (video artist and earlier prize winner, Greiz) and Kai Hoelzner (art dealer, Berlin). They judge works submitted from the German-speaking regions in Europe and from Bremen’s partner cities. This year, 211 projects were submitted. The prize money is provided by the Bremische Landesmedienanstalt, by the Senator for Culture and by the Künstlerinnenverband GEDOK.

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