Lucerne School of Art and Design: Sponsorship prizes awarded
Two awards, each worth 5,000 Swiss francs, were presented last Friday at the opening of the exhibition of works by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design & Art.
The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts' Master of Arts in Design award supports outstanding graduates at the start of their careers. This year's winner is 25-year-old Jana Grabner from Graz/AT. She developed a concept for an interactive, electronic children's book: for "Journey with me through Madagascar", she not only did research in the Masoala Hall at Zurich Zoo, but also in Madagascar itself. Using her own illustrations, drawings by Malagasy children and artistic stamps from the country, she created an e-book designed to give children between the ages of 8 and 13 an insight into the everyday life of the inhabitants and provide them with unbiased access to a foreign culture.
The Max von Moos Award for a particularly outstanding artistic Master's thesis went to 31-year-old graduate Annina Nora Burkhalter from Baar ZG. Since 2008, she has been working with her art companion Allina Amayi Wittmer (Master of Arts in Fine Arts student) under the label "a&a" at the interface of art and life. The title of their final project is "a&a_79_if i had a boat". Both artists will be using their motorboat "Silver" and their converted caravan to perform various artistic actions on Lake Zug and in the harbor during the exhibition.
