and it uses video game technology and techniques. awesome. On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Steven Vroom <[email protected]> wrote: > Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall" which had its US premiere at 911 > Seattle Media Arts Center has won the Grand Prize for the 2009 Boston > Cyberarts Festival. George Fifield, Founder and Director of Boston > Cyberarts, has announced the recipients of the 2009 IBM Innovation Awards > for artistic creation in art and technology, given in recognition of > outstanding work presented at the exhibitions and events featured in the > 2009 Boston Cyberarts Festival. The awards were presented Friday evening > at the 2009 Cyberarts Gala at IBM Research in Cambridge. The Grand > Award of $3000 went to "Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall" by Teresa > Reuter + Tamiko Thiel, two artists based in Germany who are the primary > collaborators on the artist team T+T. The virtual reality artwork > investigates the impact of the Berlin Wall, which divided West and East > Berlin during the Cold War until late 1989. A digital reconstruction of a > segment of the dismantled Berlin Wall and its surrounding neighborhoods > creates a place of remembrance that users can explore in order to > experience and reflect on this historical time. The work was presented by > the Goethe-Institut Boston. In making the awards, Fifield said: "We are > delighted to be able to recognize the outstanding contributions these > artists have made to the 2009 Festival." He added, "We are very grateful to > our friends at IBM for their support in making these awards possible." > > About the Boston Cyberarts Festival The Boston Cyberarts Festival, > launched by George Fifield in 1999 with seed funding from the Massachusetts > Cultural Council, is the only Festival in the world that features all art > forms, including both visual and performing arts, film, video, electronic > literature, public art, and web art. The 2009 Festival takes place April > 24-May 10, 2009, at museums, galleries, performing spaces, educational > institutions, and on the web > -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** > Harvard & Roy Arts Council > list options: > http://grauwald.com/mailman/listinfo/hrac_grauwald.com > -*-*--**---***-----*****--------******** > -*-*--**---***-----***** > -*-*--**---*** > -*-*--** > -*-* > -* > >
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