Global Positioning System, 2006, Melanie Jackson. Jerwood Drawing Prize winner 2007
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation has announced details of the Jerwood Moving Image Awards - a major new prize for emerging artists working in digital moving art.
Awards of £10,000 will be made in March to three artists and submissions are being invited now. Entrants are asked to submit work completed in the last two years of 1 to 10 minutes in length; applicants must be UK-based and have graduated from a recognised training institution in the last 10 years, or exhibited publicly within the last 10 years.
Encompassing a wide range of artistic practice, from film, documentary, video and music to dance, installation and drawing, the Jerwood Moving Image Awards welcome work from across many disciplines.
Thirty artists will be selected for the shortlist, and these names will be announced on January 18 2008 when the work will be posted online for download and the people’s vote.
Eight finalists will be selected in February, with their work exhibited at the Jerwood Space for one month from February 20 2008. The winners will be announced on March 4.
Roanne Dods, Director of Jerwood Charitable Foundation commented: “This is a hugely exciting initiative for us. We know that there is a huge amount of amazing digital moving image work being created but often within very defined disciplines. We hope that this award will not only celebrate the best of that work and reward talented artists, but also bring the best work to a wider audience”
The first prize in the Jerwood Drawing Prize this year was awarded to Melanie Jackson for A Global Positioning System, a 10 minute digitally-generated animation.
Entries must be submitted by 8 am on December 3 2007, and more information can be found at www.jerwoodmovingimage.org.
