Namics New Media Art Prize awarded
This year's Namics Art Prize for New Media goes to the Swiss artist Elodie Pong for her video work to date. The winner was juried at Art Basel and won the prize worth 20,000 Swiss francs.
This year's Namics Art Prize for New Media goes to Swiss artist Elodie Pong for her video work to date. The winner was judged at Art Basel and won the prize of 20,000 Swiss francs. In her works, 41-year-old Elodie Pong deals with interpersonal tones, psychological phenomena and the image of women in modern society. As the organizer of the jury, the PubliGroup company Namics, announced on Thursday, Pong stood out above all with her work "Secrets for Sale". Over the course of several years, she collected several hundred secrets, which she bought from the respective owners for an agreed price. With this prize, the IT and web service provider Namics promotes Swiss media artists whose work is characterized by high artistic quality, innovation and meaningful content. The art prize has already marked the beginning of an internationally successful career for a number of artists, such as Etoy.
