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Young Talent Award 2024:
The sharp edges of technique & art
As always, also this year the exhibition consists up to 80% of projects of young talents. Scoops. Discover them before they show up in the collections of major museums around the world. With their objects and images they challenge you with a sharp edge, but remain innovative and playful. They pay attention to, or rather, play with your privacy, or make you wonder how our online life transforms us.
The best projects also have a chance to win the Young Talent Award.
The new generation of artists questions the impact of technology on our existence.
It is more than time to carefully think about the influence of technological and economic developments on our lives.
Judging will take place Wednesday, October 23. The winner will be announced Wednesday 23, at 16:00 by the jury:
| Jonathan Maas | (Culture) Journalist (BNNVARA, Trouw) |
| Katja Lucas | Senior Manager Dutch Design Foundation (DDW) |
| Marina Toeters | Fashion Tech Farm, Teacher TU/e (Technical University Eindhoven) and HKU Utrecht Art Academy |
| Ronald Ramakers | Director GLOW (light art festival) |
| Mark Hoevenaars Saskia Lammers | Tech Marketing Specialist Wethouder Cultuur City of Eindhoven |
De Young Talent Award
Minerva Groningen
Alexander Blu – Paradisus Amissa – The Lost Decade
An Ye Zhi de Jong – De Afhaalchinees
Abel Kamps
ArtEZ Arnhem
Marlies Nillesen – Free Hugs
Sam van Dalen – SPN-TEC
Flore Hanna Wormskamp – Opsin
ArtEZ Zwolle
Rachelle Jeuring – Femicide
Patrick van der Meij – Regulus 1
AKV st. Joost Den Bosch
Blxsh – Saddle of Omens
AKV st. Joost Breda
Amy Mom – Glijdende Genders / Sliding Genders
Fontys Tilburg
Nassira Daniëlsche – alleen (samen) zitten
HKU Utrecht
Mohamad Haj Kasan – Bloem van het Leven
Franklin Nauta – BANG! BANG? BIZAR
Reinier van der Wal – Things
TU/e Universiteit Eindhoven
Daan Sonnemans – Kantamanto Social Club
Pin-Yuan Wang – Innovating Sprout Gastronomy
Pim Verhoeff – Dusting off Design
WDKA Rotterdam
Maraya Ivanova – MAI
Jeroen Icks – You Are the Product
Wouter Oomen – Generated.Earth
KABK Den Haag
Ankie van Gasteren – Babybird
jae Park – Ears become Ear
Rietveld Amsterdam
Martin Imler – Icarus Downfall
Zuyd Maastricht
Dorothy Hendriks – First Church of the Estra-Terrestial
Overview document van Young Talents 2024: here.
Jury Statement 2023:
Nonna Hoogland – We Never Change
The winner of the Manifestations Young Talent Award 2023 is Nonna Hoogland with “We Never Change.” A series of five vases in which she connects Greek mythology to contemporary narratives – online and offline – and the discussion surrounding them. Good and evil are two opposing poles in the Western Christian world, while the Greek gods are more ambiguous. Poseidon violated Medusa, but didn’t Medusa invite this herself? Victim blaming avant la lettre – on Nonna’s vase. Nonna consistently uses timeless techniques in her stories, which, according to the jury, make her work significant because she bridges the present and the past. Therefore, the jury decided to honor Nonna with the Young Talent Award, awarding 500 euro. Graduate: HKU Utrecht.
The second prize goes to Yujia Lin with “D@ N@T STAND@ MY GRAVE AND WEEP.” Her work explores the reincarnation of your digital identity through animation, film, and installation. Yujia has successfully translated her personal reflection into a societal context, communicating the significance of one’s digital self. Is it a big deal when your digital self is erased? Yes, because for her generation, your digital self is an integral part of your identity. Graduate: St. Joost Master Institute of Visual Cultures, Situated Design.
The third prize is awarded to Flóra Lazin for “The Future of Lungs.” This work presents humans as a solution to the damage they inflict on nature by hybridizing humans and plants through speculative design. While human-robot hybrids have been explored before, Flora has proposed a more intriguing future. The jury was impressed by her high level of aesthetics, both in the physical and digital presentation. It’s a work of wonderment rather than a solution. Graduate: KABK Den Haag.
