Lumen Prize for Art and Technology at Barbican Centre
Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti’s installation “I’d rather be in a dark silence than” won the Immersive Environments category at the 10th annual Lumen Prize Ceremony held October 22 2021 at the Barbican Centre in London.
“Ambitious multidimensional project that explores contemporary concerns around privacy”
says Lumen Prize Jury 2021
This year’s Lumen Prize was the most competitive yet with 1200 plus submissions from over 60 different countries. Selected from 35 shortlisted artists, the Lumen Prize winners were determined by its Jury Panel of:
Christiane Paul - Adjunct Digital Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Ben Vickers - CTO, The Serpentine Gallery, UK
Melanie Lenz - Digital Curator, The V&A
Nathan Ladd - Assistant Curator, Tate Britain
Boris Magrini - Curator, Hek Basel, Switzerland
JURY PANEL COMMENTS:
"I’d rather be in a dark silence than" is a conceptually strong project using wearables to raise awareness about extractive technologies and data privacy. Wearables are notoriously difficult to exhibit, and the artists have found engaging ways to communicate the project's concept.”
‘Exceptional collaborative piece that raises important questions about data privacy.”
“An interesting multidisciplinary work that spans design, fashion, performance and media art to raise questions about surveillance capitalism. Formal inventiveness and means used are convincing in their quality and support the theme addressed.”
Ceremony photography by Hansof Waller
Coat credits
I’d rather be in a dark silence than by Dejha Ti and Ania Catherine | Commissioned by Museum of Contemporary Digital Art | Curator Eleonora Brizi | Fashion Barbara Sanchez-Kane
Installation credits
Experiential design: Dejha Ti and Ania Catherine | Still photography: Evelyn Bencicova, Film: Catherine & Ti, Mishka Kornai, AR: Aaron Jablonski, Performance (film): Daniela Dominique, (stills): Catherine & Ti, Words and voice: Tony Cruise, Music: Amon Tobin, Tony Cruise. Special thanks: Sandira Blas, Martin Eyerer, Oscar Lindahl, Catherine Bischoff, Daniela Skeyki, Factory Berlin, Sonar+D, and Beats by Dr. Dre.
Want to learn more?
Read the MoCDA interview with Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti
Watch the exhibition’s Instagram story highlight
Watch Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti’s Bloomberg Art and Technology Episode 8 : Privacy