Festival de Cannes
Compétition Immersive
Image: Noire, immersive augmented reality installation by Stéphane Foenkinos and Pierre-Alain Giraud, based on a book by Tania de Montaigne.
ART
Noire
Prix de la Meilleure Œuvre Immersive
Presented for the first time at the 77th Festival de Cannes, the Prix de la Meilleure Œuvre Immersive went to Noire, an immersive augmented reality installation by Stéphane Foenkinos and Pierre-Alain Giraud based on the book Noire, la vie méconnue de Claudette Colvin by Tania de Montaigne. Noire follows the life of Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African-American who, before Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in segregated Alabama in the 1950s.
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Prix de l'Entrepreneuriat AMI x IFM 2024
Image: Lara Sonney's capsule collection for AZ Factory, Fall 2023 Couture.
FASHION
Lora Sonney
Prix de l'Entrepreneuriat AMI x IFM
The Prix de l'Entrepreneuriat AMI x IFM 2024 was awarded to fashion designer Lora Sonney (IFM Incubator), who has created her brand of the same name, LORA SONNEY. The brand presents a world of joyful and poetic creations, where humour and innovation mingle with the strange and surreal. Each creation is a celebration of beauty in the unusual and the everyday. The silhouettes, with their unique volumes, are bold, colourful and optimistic.
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League Prize 2024
Image: Anonima | Communicating Structures, Jungle of Hoops, Mexico City, Mexico, 2016.
© Oswaldo Ramírez & Anonima
ARCHITECTURE
Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers
The Architectural League of New York announced this year’s winners of the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. Dirtywas the theme which guided this year’s competition, which asked designers to consider ways in which practice, objects and nature can be made less sanitized. The winners each represent practitioners who "look beyond their presentations of professionalism, respectability, and expertise," the Architectural League stated.
2024 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund
Image: Chopova Lowena, Spring 2024 Ready-to-Wear. Photo: Eeva Rinne
FASHION
Chopova Lowena
BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund
Chopova Lowena is the winner of the 2024 BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. Founded by Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena in 2017, Chopova Lowena is rooted in British and Bulgarian craftsmanship and vibrantly juxtaposes folklore references and sportswear. The brand prioritises sustainability, utilising recycled materials and deadstock textiles to create long lasting modern pieces with a punk twist. The duo’s signature piece, a recycled folkloric textile skirt, has taken the international street style scene by storm, positioning the brand, Emma and Laura as two of the UK’s most exciting and burgeoning design talents.
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Résidence ‘Laine et Création’ 2024
Image: © Mélanie Chaigneau
CRAFT
Camille Mugnier
Résidence ‘Laine et Création’
For the second year, ADAGP, Casa de Velázquez and Mobilier national are joining forces to promote creative work in France and Spain, with a programme of residencies based around wool. The residency project of this year's winner, Camille Mugnier, will focus on two key practices in the wool industry: transhumance and animal shearing. Camille Mugnier wants to examine these traditions from an anthropological angle, exploring their impact on the relationship between man, animal and nature. She is particularly interested in hammer lace and weaving techniques, which she uses to create sculptures inspired by the traditional capes of Spanish shepherds. Her aim is to create textile pieces that bear witness to the cultural and ecological importance of these ancestral practices.
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Packing Room Prize 2024
Image: Matt Adnate, Rhythms of heritage, spray paint, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 220 x 188.5 cm.
ART
Matt Adnate
Packing Room Prize
The Art Gallery of New South Wales announced the winner of the Packing Room Prize 2024. Awarded by the staff who receive, unpack and hang the works, the prize is open to all paintings entered in Australia's oldest portrait award, the Archibald Prize. Matt Adnate won for his painting titled Rhythms of heritage of Indigenous Australian rapper Baker Boy, the first musician to achieve mainstream success rapping in Yolŋu Matha language. "In this portrayal, the vibrant blue and orange background echoes the fusion of tradition and innovation that defines his sound," says Adnate. "I have also included a reflection of the Arnhem Land landscape in his eyes to symbolise the profound connection between his cultural heritage and his artistic narrative."
