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Euronews
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
First-ever Digital Art Awards crown five visionary winners
The boundary-blurring world of digital art took centre stage in London last night, as the first-ever Digital Art Awards crowned its winners at a ceremony hosted by Phillips. The event, which coincided with the opening of a week-long exhibition, celebrated some of the most innovative minds working at the intersection of technology, code, and creative expression. Four unique artists - Maja Petrić, Zach Lieberman, Deekay, and Operator - were each awarded a $10,000 USDC (a type of cryptocurrency stablecoin) commission across four categories, from Moving Image to Experimental. A fifth award honoured the Yawanawá Indigenous community of Brazil for their groundbreaking collaboration with AI artist Refik Anadol on Winds of Yawanawá, a digital artwork fusing real-time environmental data with ancestral knowledge. Backed by HOFA Gallery in partnership with PhillipsX and Hivemind Capital Partners, the awards reflect the growing output of digital art - from luminous data sculptures to theatre-driven code experiments. Croatian artist Maja Petrić, known for her large-scale light installations that incorporate AI and real-time environmental data, received the Innovation Award for her mesmerising work Specimens of Time: Hoh Rain Forest (2025). The piece, consisting of a collection of immersive light sculptures, interactive installations, and video works, was praised as a haunting, high-tech homage to one of the world's last remaining temperate rainforests. Central to the series are climate-responsive sculptures that glow and shift with live data on sea temperatures, pollution, and heat stress, serving as living and breathing memorials to vanishing ecosystems. Winner of the Moving Image category was Deekay, who's signature style - vibrant, looping, hand-drawn animations with big emotional heart - has made him a cult favourite in the NFT space. His breakout work, Life and Death, made waves in 2022 when it sold for more than $1 million on SuperRare. But it was his thought-provoking animation Hands of Time, that won him a prize at the inaugural Digital Art Awards. Minimal in design but rich in feeling, the 2D video game-style loop poignantly charts the progression of a human life: from birth and childhood through friendship, love, career success, ageing, and finally death. Powered by embed youtube video and snabblån med betalningsanmärkning Artist duo Operator (consisting of Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti) took home the Experimental Award for their project Human Unreadable - a live, generative installation merging surveillance tech, choreography and code. The work asks urgent questions about who gets to move freely, who gets monitored, and how digital spaces mirror physical ones in ways we're only beginning to understand. Operator's investigation into privacy began with their 2019 performance installation On View, commissioned by the SCAD Museum of Art. The project invited visitors to move through three different rooms, each using hidden technology like facial recognition and sensors to react to them in real time. American new media artist Zach Lieberman, a leading figure in the creative coding community, was honoured with the Still Image Award for his Ripple Study series. Using custom-built code, Lieberman transforms subtle movements in nature into poetic digital artworks, inviting viewers to quietly contemplate what they see. In his own words Lieberman says: "In this work, I am trying capture the feeling of light on water. I think there's something really profound about how impossible it is to recreate natural phenomenon with code." He adds: "It's impossible to make something as beautiful as what you might see out in the world, but it's possible to try to express the feelings you have observing something beautiful. I try to bring those feelings into my work and images." Finally, the Yawanawá Indigenous community of the Brazilian Amazon received the Industry Award for their collaboration with media artist Refik Anadol on Winds of Yawanawá . The artwork incorporates AI and climate data to create dynamic, ever-changing visuals, inspired heavily by the community's ancestral traditions and spiritual beliefs. Works by the 32 artists finalists of the Digital Art Awards are now on view at PHILLIPS London until 22 May 2025.
South China Morning Post
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Giant of Chinese contemporary ink art Liu Dan shows works from 4 decades in Hong Kong
Leading contemporary Chinese ink artist Liu Dan is holding his largest solo show to date, at British auction house Phillips' space in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. Advertisement The selling exhibition, 'Liu Dan: Morphogenesis', is a rare showcase of 26 Chinese ink and watercolour works created by the artist over four decades. They highlight his fascination with rocks, in particular Taihu stone – a kind of perforated limestone from Dongting Mountain in the Chinese city of Suzhou that has inspired Chinese scholars for thousands of years. The most eye-catching piece on display is Taihu Rock aka 'Yu Ling Long' (from Yu Garden, Shanghai) (2024), which depicts the 'exquisite jade rock' – a large porous boulder – from Yu Garden, a traditional Chinese garden in Shanghai dating back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). A section of 'Liu Dan: Morphogenesis', at Phillips' Asia headquarters in West Kowloon until May 12. Photo: courtesy of PhillipsX At HK$10 million (US$1.3 million), the asking price for the sizeable ink painting is the highest in the exhibition.
Bahrain News Gazette
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Bahrain News Gazette
HOFA Announce New Digital Art Awards, in Collaboration with Exhibition Partner PhillipsX
Sougwen Chung, 'SPECTRAL – Oscillation 1', 2024, Acrylic on Perspex, Created with D.O.U.G._5 Bespoke Robotic System, 152.5 x 152 cm (Image courtesy of Phillips & HOFA) Sougwen Chung, 'SPECTRAL – Oscillation 1', 2024, Acrylic on Perspex, Created with D.O.U.G._5 Bespoke Robotic System, 152.5 x 152 cm (Image courtesy of Phillips & HOFA) Sougwen Chung, 'SPECTRAL – Oscillation 1', 2024, Acrylic on Perspex, Created with D.O.U.G._5 Bespoke Robotic System, 152.5 x 152 cm (Image courtesy of Phillips & HOFA) LONDON, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HOFA Gallery announce the launch of the Digital Art Awards , an initiative in collaboration with exhibition partner PhillipsX . Heralding a new era of recognition for digital art. This event celebrates innovative practices at the intersection of art and technology, including AI, immersive and generative media. The awards ceremony will take place on 15 May 2025 , featuring the four key categories of Still Image, Moving Image, Innovation and Experiential, and followed by a public exhibition hosted by Phillips in London, from 16–22 May 2025 . As a highlight of London's spring art calendar, the inaugural awards celebrates the growing cultural significance of digital art and spotlights artists redefining visual culture through algorithmic aesthetics and human-machine collaboration. Visitors can engage with the artworks and ideas shaping the future of digital art. Twenty international finalists will be selected for their work pushing the boundaries of digital creativity. Each category winner will receive a $10,000 USDC commission for a new artwork. Finalists and winners will be chosen by a panel of leading experts in art and innovation. Early applicants include several prominent figures in digital and generative art, such as Sarah Meyohas, Sougwen Chung, Emily Xie, Operator and Kevin Abosch—underscoring the calibre of talent the awards are already attracting. The public exhibition hosted by Phillips will feature the winning works from each category, alongside a curated selection of pieces from some finalists, offering a spectrum of the innovation driving digital art. The awards build on the success of SPACES, HOFA's selling exhibition series, hosted by Phillips through its selling exhibition platform, PhillipsX. This initiative is dedicated to championing artists at the nexus of art, science, and technology. Winning artists will also join this programme, with new works shown at exhibitions, fairs and select institutional collaborations. The Digital Art Awards are proudly backed by Hivemind Capital Partners' Digital Culture Fund. Hivemind is committed to championing established digital artists while nurturing emerging talent and building a sustainable economic foundation for the flourishing digital art ecosystem. Other partners include ApeChain , a global platform for the next generation of creators and culture shakers, and global crypto bank Amina . Elio D'Anna, Co-Founder of HOFA and the Digital Art Awards said: 'The Digital Art Awards represent an important recognition of the artists shaping the future. Through our partnership with Phillips, we are committed to championing innovation and providing a platform for visionary talents to redefine art and technology.' Emma-Louise O'Neill [email protected] A photo accompanying this announcement is available at GlobeNewswire Distribution ID 1001079568
Zawya
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Zawya
HOFA Gallery and PhillipsX Presents SPACES II: Capturing the Ephemera at Phillips' Asia Headquarters in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District
Exploring art, technology and impermanence at Phillips during Hong Kong Art Week 2025, featuring seven visionary artists: Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, Random International, Tyler Hobbs, Addie Wagenknecht, Gina Choy & Maja Petrić HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Neswire - 24 March 2025 - SPACES II: Capturing the Ephemera, presented by HOFA Gallery and PhillipsX, explores new artistic and technological frontiers, expanding on the themes introduced in the inaugural SPACES exhibition in London during Frieze Week 2024. This latest instalment, taking place during Hong Kong Art Week 2025, reflects further on the intersection of art, technology and impermanence. Featuring works by seven visionary artists; Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, Random International, Tyler Hobbs, Addie Wagenknecht, Gina Choy and Maja Petrić, the selling exhibition examines how technology can capture, preserve and transform fleeting moments into enduring artistic expressions. It runs from 28 March to 15 April 2025 at Phillips' Asia headquarters in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District. SPACES is an innovative series of exhibitions that confronts the profound challenges and possibilities presented by computing technologies and their impact on human experience. The first edition, launched at Phillips London in 2024, explored the dynamic interplay between AI, generative art and digital creativity. SPACES II examines how technology can give form to the impermanent, whether through environmental shifts, generative processes, or the fluidity of human perception and memory. The selling exhibition will showcases a diverse array of works, including immersive installations, generative digital art, algorithmic designs and contemporary mixed-media pieces. Miety Heiden, Deputy Chairwoman and Head of Private Sales at Phillips, say s: "Following the success of the first installment in London in 2024, we are thrilled to bring SPACES II: Capturing the Ephemera to Phillips Hong Kong in collaboration with HOFA Gallery. This exhibition continues our commitment to showcasing artists at the forefront of digital and generative art, exploring how technology transforms transient moments into lasting expressions. As part of Hong Kong Art Week 2025, we look forward to presenting these groundbreaking works to a global audience in our Asia headquarters." SPACES II: Capturing the Ephemera: Free and open to the public daily. Dates: 27 March VIP & Press Preview. 28 March to 15 April 2025 (Closed on 4 April) 28-30 March 11:00-19:00 1-15 April 10:00-18:00 Venue: Phillips Asia Headquarters, 1F, WKCDA Tower, West Kowloon Cultural District, 8 Austin Road West, Kowloon & Hashtag: #HOFAGallery #PhillipsX The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. HOFA Gallery and PhillipsX
