Share Prize 2009

The winner of Share Prize 2009 is Andreas Muxel with › CONNECT. Ralph Baecker received a honorary mention for › Rechnender Raum. Congratulations!

The winner of the Share Prize 2009 is Andreas Muxel for his mobile sculpture “CONNECT”. This mesmerizing installation, with its precarious mixture of bouncing rubber and flying steel, is like a world financial crisis all by itself. With simple but powerful elements, “CONNECT” generates endless dramatic episodes of comical failure and heroic determination. The vital network of “CONNECT” won’t stop changing, and we can’t stop looking at it. The honorable mention goes to Ralf Baecker for “Calculating Space”, an intricate, meticulous work of modern device art. This geometric structure of wood, string, and tiny motors brilliantly combines its elements as a single, enigmatic, functional presense. It evokes the early history of computing while standing outside time in a calm, rigorous space of stark mathematical beauty.

Bruce Sterling, member of the jury Share Prize 2009

http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2009/11/jury-statement-share-prize-2009/