Migros Culture Percentage: Awarding work grants in digital culture
For the fifth time, Migros Culture Percentage is awarding grants for digital culture totaling 50,000 Swiss francs. The awards will be presented on October 28 as part of the Basel festival 'Shift—Festival of Electronic Arts.«.
The jury awarded CHF 20,000 to the "Qual.net" project by Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud from Wallisellen and Berlin. The open communication principle connects WiFi-enabled devices to form a network that functions independently of the Internet, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. Michael and Max Egger from Fribourg and Flo Kaufmann from Solothurn will receive 15,000 francs. Their project "Synkie" is a modular, analog video processor. The jury awarded CHF 10,000 for the digital novel "Le mort du Diemtigtal" by Antoine Jaccoud from Lausanne, Beat Sterchi from Bern, Anthon Astraom and Lukas Zimmer from Zurich. Luc Gut from Zurich received a further CHF 5,000 for his project "Action Tweak", a sensor-controlled musical instrument.
The six-member jury assessed 23 projects submitted for this year's Digital Culture Awards. (SDA)
