The 46 Celeste Prize 2009 finalist works were exhibited and performed at the Alte AEG Fabrik, Berlin, Germany
40,000 € prizes were awarded on 26 September to the five artists whose works received a majority of votes from fellow finalists. The awards ceremony was held in the City of Berlin's old electricity generating plant, the Alte AEG Fabrik, as part of a four day exhibition which ended on 28 September during Berlin’s Art Forum week. All five artists received prizes directly from Adrienne Goehler and Mark Gisbourne (two of the three members of the 2009 prize selection committee) and prize founder, Steven Music.
Finalist works on exhibition at the Alte AEG Fabrik, Gustav Meyer Allee 25, Berlin, Germany, from 25-28 September 2009
Painting Prize:
Lelya Borisenko – The moved values Angela Geary - Turbiner 21 James King - enter the psychiatrist Juraj Kollar - Landscape Ivana Lomová - In Casa Nasser Lubay - Rebirth Michael Luther - Gallery (Desk) Abbas Mehran - Palestinian Graffiti Takes a Flight Tommaso Neri - Wake up Shubha Taparia - village women/bvlgari
Photography & Digital Graphics Prize:
Alec Von Bargen - One Hundred Degrees 1 Olivier Fermariello - Monsieur et Madame Vieille à la plage Kurt Hoerbst - Bideshi Photostudio / Ferdosi 8 years Antti Jokinen - Interior Michail Jarovoj - War and Peace Lee A. Hill - 8 Years of Popping Off in Texas" - Where Good Times Go to Die... Hye Rim Lee - Crystal City Robert Mercer - JumpinJackFlash Christof Pluemacher - Architectural Misfits (Alpenstadt) Yuan Yuan - Your Name
Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize:
Aesop Studios, Quintetto Jan Fabián - Good Times are Over Ehsan Fardjadniya - For the Love of Losers Jee Eun Lee - New Babel Tower Youngju Oh - MetamorPHOSis Jens Reinert - Tunnel John Runner - Exponential Pattern Pfadfinderei - 2te Halbzeit Clement Price-Thomas - The Guide Namjoo Woo - La recette de l'amour fou (Krankung)
Video & Animation Prize
Matthew J Anthony - The Thinking Man Patrick Bergeron - LoopLoop Guillaume Blanchet - Laïka Milena Drefke - Extrawelt - Im Garten von Eben Miguel Jara - Abelianas Surabhi Saraf - Peel David Theobald - Greensleeves Aliaksei Tserakhau - Lyapis Trubetskoy «Capital» WeMake - Anecdotari. historias singular Yung-Jui Lee - Fat-tastico
Live Media Prize
Abstract Birds - Celeste Motus Gianluca Beccari - Mutazioni Dome - Solitude Messmatik - Pixel Wind Otolab dies Orgone - L C M [les champs magnétiques] Pfadfinderei - Live Show
