British director wins $35,000 prize to help fund next feature.
Ben Rivers has been named as the second winner of the Eye Art & Film Prize at a ceremony in Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum
The London-based artist and filmmaker, whose work includes A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, received the $35,000 (£25,000) prize to fund the making of new work.
In 2018, Eye will present an exhibition of the first three prize winners’ work in Amsterdam.
The prize, created by the Dutch film museum Eye and the Paddy & Joan Leigh Fermor Arts Fund, aims to support and promote an artist or filmmaker whose work has contributed to the developments in the field between art and film in a remarkable manner.
Rivers was chosen from a shortlist presented to the jury by an international advisory board and the selection was made on the basis of the recipient’s body of work.
The British filmmaker has become known for treading a line between...
Ben Rivers has been named as the second winner of the Eye Art & Film Prize at a ceremony in Amsterdam’s Eye Filmmuseum
The London-based artist and filmmaker, whose work includes A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, received the $35,000 (£25,000) prize to fund the making of new work.
In 2018, Eye will present an exhibition of the first three prize winners’ work in Amsterdam.
The prize, created by the Dutch film museum Eye and the Paddy & Joan Leigh Fermor Arts Fund, aims to support and promote an artist or filmmaker whose work has contributed to the developments in the field between art and film in a remarkable manner.
Rivers was chosen from a shortlist presented to the jury by an international advisory board and the selection was made on the basis of the recipient’s body of work.
The British filmmaker has become known for treading a line between...
- 4/8/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
New award aims to support and promote an artist or film-maker whose work unites art and film.
Eye, the Dutch film museum and the Patrick & Joan Leigh Fermor (Pjlf) Arts Fund have launched the Eye Prize.
The annual £25,000 prize is aimed at supporting and promoting the artist or film-maker whose work unites art and film, and demonstrates quality of thought, imagination and artistic excellence.
Sandra den Hamer, CEO of Eye, commented: “With the undeniable intimate relationship between the moving image and contemporary arts, it is about time for a prize for work which brings these two art forms together. Eye is delighted that the Pjlf Arts Fund has made the creation of this new prize possible, and, with our additional commitment to stage an exhibition every four years of the three previous years’ Eye Prize winners, Eye will cement its position as a leading and international institution for film and art.”
The jury for...
Eye, the Dutch film museum and the Patrick & Joan Leigh Fermor (Pjlf) Arts Fund have launched the Eye Prize.
The annual £25,000 prize is aimed at supporting and promoting the artist or film-maker whose work unites art and film, and demonstrates quality of thought, imagination and artistic excellence.
Sandra den Hamer, CEO of Eye, commented: “With the undeniable intimate relationship between the moving image and contemporary arts, it is about time for a prize for work which brings these two art forms together. Eye is delighted that the Pjlf Arts Fund has made the creation of this new prize possible, and, with our additional commitment to stage an exhibition every four years of the three previous years’ Eye Prize winners, Eye will cement its position as a leading and international institution for film and art.”
The jury for...
- 11/6/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
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