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Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize: Times Square and After Party

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Extended highlights from the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize event in Times Square in December 2009 and the awards presentation and after-party at New York's Jonathan Levine Gallery. Competition Judge Isabella Rossellini oversaw the action as the winning videos were screened on giant jumbotrons in the heart of New York City.

To find out more, visit the Art Prize page
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Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize: Times Square
Highlights from the Babelgum Metropolis Art Prize event in Times Square on December 17 2009. Competition Judge Isabella Rossellini oversaw the action as the winning videos were screened on giant jumbotrons in the heart of New York City.

To find out more, visit the Art Prize page
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Cardboard - M.A.P. RUNNER UP
Runner Up in the Grand Prize category of the Metropolis Art Prize 2009.

An animated short about street art characters in the city.

Artist: Sjors Vervoort.

To find out more, visit the Art Prize page
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PAM: The Magnitude of the Continental Divides
Winner of the Grand Prize in the Metropolis Art Prize 2009.

"The Magnitude of the Continental Divides" is an animation exploring the ways we define ourselves and our nations. It is a journey between many locations in various states of withdrawal and aggression. Borders become weaponized and damage is always dealt from afar. The individual is caught in the midst, unable to separate themselves, unable to define identity without place.

Artist: Christopher Coleman.

This video forms part of A Light at the End of the Tunnel, an epic video art trilogy about the human condition which includes seminal works by 30 international emerging artists, and was curated by Perpetual Art Machine (www.perpetualartmachine.com).

The show debuted at Scope Basel 2010 (June 15 - 19, Kaserne), while premiering simultaneously on Babelgum.

To find out more, visit babelgum.com/newvideoart.

To find out more about the Metropolis Art Prize, visit .babelgum.com/metropolisartprize
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Mask - M.A.P. WINNER
Winner of the Street Art Award in the Metropolis Art Prize 2009.

Artist: 2501



The winning videos in the Metropolis Art Prize 2009 will be screened on the giant jumbotron monitors in Times Square, New York, on DECEMBER 17 2009. The event is open to the public, so if you're in the area, come along!

To find out more, visit the Art Prize page
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City Caterpillar Butterfly of the Fields
A little green caterpillar is stressed out by the pace of life and decides to take a rest. She hops on public transportation and reaches the countryside… where she can finally turn into a butterfly…
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GOOD: Attack of the Giant Jellyfish!
Giant jellyfish have invaded the northern coasts of the Japanese islands and they're causing problems. Frustrated local fishermen are hauling in little else. So one company, RIKEN, is trying to make marketable products from these gelatinous monsters. They're exploring everything from artificial gastric fluids made from jellyfish mucin to a jellyfish-based ice cream topping. If they succeed, they'll turn a costly problem into gooey gold. An original GOOD video.
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Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul, Europe’s most populous city and Turkey’s cultural and financial centre. This video guide will tell you about the best tourist attractions in Istambul, such as Misir Carsisi, The Grand Bazaar, The Blue Mosque, Hagia Sofia, Istanbul’s Archaeological Museum, Topkapi Palace, Cagaloglu Hamami, the Turkish dance show. In this video guide you will also discover the best places for shopping, eating and partying in Istanbul.
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Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle
This is the Kafkaesque tale of how one man's loss of identity papers resulted in him being stranded at Charles de Gaulle airport for fifteen years. Without the necessary travel documents and with no proof of his refugee status, Mehran Mehran Karimi Naseri found himself caught in a bureaucratic nightmare, unable to escape his unique predicament. Now his ordeal is about to be made into a Steven Speilberg film, starring Tom Hanks. This beautifully-crafted and technically outstanding film is a beguiling look at one of Franc's more unusual celebrities.
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Mika Rottenberg
For our final video taking a closer look at this year's Whitney Biennial, we travel to the Harlem studio of video artist Mika Rottenberg. Known for videos depicting women engaging in elaborate systems of production that often harvest their own body, Mika shows us the set of her latest piece (and Biennial installation), "Cheese" and tells us the backstory of making the video. We also spend some time at the former brewery talking over her motivations and strategies—from the role that sound plays to finding her actors online.
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Cool Hunting: Olaf Breuning
In honor of Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's inclusion in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, this video visits his Manhattan studio. In the midst of working on his two-part installation for the show, Olaf takes the time to explain his inspiration and thinking behind his mini army made of readymade objects and a recreation of a 1932 photograph. There's also plenty of examples of his other playfully absurd photographs, videos and sculptures as well as a few comments about how materials spark his creativity, pop culture and the differences of working out of a place of pleasure vs. struggle.
 

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