Awards + Final exhibition Celeste Prize 2010

5 winners for Celeste Prize 2010 were chosen on 11 December by fellow artists during exhibition in New York. All 50 finalist artists share in the 40,000 € awards. Hundreds of visitors and friends came to the awards at the The Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, New York, as part of a three-day exhibition. Videos and audio-visual sets were performed on a special wide-screen prepared for the occasion in a 3-hour live media set.

See Videos & Photos of awards night
http://www.celesteprize.com/eng_1225/

Results - voting by 50 finalists:

Painting Prize

Winner
Gianni Politi – On feeling sacrificable
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:67076/

Second
Elizabeth McDonald - Psychic Healing For Alligators
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:67888/

Third
Emanuela Lena - contextus # 15
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:68294/
Bettina Patermo - different ways to take a bath 1, fuerteventura
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:66253/


Photography & Digital Graphics Prize

Winner
Fabiano Parisi – Il mondo che non vedo 01
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:69094/

Second
Tania Brassesco & Lazlo Passi Norberto – Pot Pourri
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:64999/

Third
Jay L - Venice, March 2010
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:49703/


Installation & Sculpture Prize

Winner
Lisa Wade – Inverted Shelter
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:69720/

Second
Denise Hickey – An army of birds
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:51837/

Third
Helena Hamilton - To Whom It May Concern (IEQUALSYOUEQUALSWEEQUALSME)..
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:65475/


Video & Animation Prize

Winner
Ed Purver – In residence
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:68964/

Second
Shahar Marcus – homecoming artist
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:55796/

Third
David Altobelli – By Some Miracle
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:68995/


Live Media & Performance Prize

Winner
fuse* - Corpo Elettrico 2.0
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:46344/

Second
Bruno Costarelli – Paradox
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:68010/

Third
KaFai Choi - Eternal Summer Storm
http://www.celesteprize.com/artwork/ido:69164/


Thanks, especially to all artists who participated with a work this year, by your actions you have supported the prize and the promotion of everyones' work in one way or another.

Programme for the final
Saturday 11 December – 5pm 'til late

5-6pm – Special wide-screen projection of 10 ‘Video & Animation’ finalists

6pm – ‘Live Media & Performance’ sets

9pm – 50 finalists hand-in their voting forms

10pm – Awards ceremony, presentation by the juror Julia Draganovic

Sunday 12 December – 10am – 6pm

Monday 13 December – 10am – 6pm

More info:
http://www.celesteprize.com/eng_1225/

See the 50 finalist works:
http://www.celesteprize.com/works/pg:en10/tipo:f/

See how the finalist works were selected in total openess by the 23 members of this year's jury and selection committee:
http://www.celesteprize.com/eng_critici_opere/pg:en10/