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The Artists Forum proudly presented its annual Juried Arts Festival Awards Ceremony. Finalists works were showcased and winners announced the same day at our invitation only Juried Arts Awards Ceremony on June 22, 2024 at MNN Studios – El Barrio Firehouse — 175 E 104th Street in Manhattan.
The event featured works by our 2024 Finalists in Music, Photography, Spoken Word, and Choreography, highlighting our 2024 Competition Theme: TECHNO-FEUDALISM. The event included artist screenings, artists Q&A, and an award ceremony with reception.
In total, this years festival featured 32 works from 12 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Georgia, Greece, India, Israel, Malaysia, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
MUSIC AWARDS
2024 MUSIC WINNERS
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY: Drive (Cathleen Ireland, US and Ryan Tedder, US)
BEST CLASSICAL / OPERATIC COMPOSITION – STUDENT: Divine Ukraine (Anton Manuel Pokryshevsky, Australia) with lyrics by David Dephy (Georgia/US)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL: Dromologies I (Karl Montevirgen, US)
BEST LATIN / REGGAE: Bat Sheva (The Daughter of 7even) (Tomer George Cohen, Israel)
BEST PROTEST / FREEDOM / SONGS OF PEACE: But I You, Alors (S R Montevirgen, US)
BEST ROCK/ALT: My World (SOS To The Universe) (Ajay Mathur, India/Switzerland and Mary Lou von Wyl, US)
PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
2024 PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS
FIRST PLACE: Sacrifice (Charles Warren Lane, Greece/US)
SECOND PLACE: The Techno-Ragers (Alexis Krasilovsky, US)
SPOKEN WORD AWARDS
2024 SPOKEN WORD WINNERS
BEST ENHANCED PERFORMANCE: Null Island (Tawhida Tanya Evanson, Canada)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE: Thronebosis (Marco Espirito Santo, Portugal)
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE: Where are you really from? (Live at the Mercury Cafe) (Carlos Andrés Gómez, US)
BEST RAW TAKE PERFORMANCE: An Open Letter to the Supreme Court Nomination of 2020 (Megan Davis, US)
CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS
2024 CHOREOGRAPHY WINNERS
BEST FOLKLORE PERFORMANCE (ENHANCED): Green Pottery Figurines (Wencai Zhou, Wanjing Sun, & Yao Wang, China)
BEST FOLKLORE PERFORMANCE (RAW TAKE)- tie!:
Pastoral Aria (Yuzhuo Guo, China)
YuLinLing: Cicada Seventeen (Xiamomeng Lv, China)
BEST MODERN DANCE (ENHANCED): Crucifiga (Erika O’Neill & Simon Hjortek, Sweden)
BEST MODERN DANCE (ENHANCED) – STUDENT: Right : Now (Xiaoyuan Zhang, China)
BEST MODERN DANCE (RAW TAKE): Nobody Knows Who You Are (Yu He & Ying Peng, China)
BEST MODERN DANCE (RAW TAKE) – STUDENT: Hidden Manipulation (Yixiao Lan & Rongyu Xu, China)
THIS YEAR’S THEME:
Our 2024 Competition Theme is TECHNO-FEUDALISM*
THE ARTISTS FORUM invites artists to showcase interpretations for the phrase: Techno-Feudalism. Techno-feudalism, a recently coined term by Greek economist and politician Yanis Vaoufakis, is the transformation of capitalism by tech platforms, done by exploiting the labor force through new technologies.
An example of this concept would be companies hiring people to work from home or through and app, but not paying for employees computers, car repairs, or the infrastructure needed to perform their work.
An expansion on this concept covers the manipulating of media to better serve a political agenda, such as running bots on niche topics that create a sense of divisiveness or political unease.
Additionally, our theme gives a nod to Tech-Deserts. Even in New York City, Tech-deserts (places where many households lack reliable computer and internet access) abound, giving people restricted access to information, thereby limiting their access to other points of view or the ability to research topics.
*While submissions aligned with our theme are preferred, we also accept non-theme related works.
MANY THANKS:
2024 Music Competition Jury: Giuliano Ciabatta, Murs, Jonathan Solars, Katie Thomas, Joi Veer, Amos White V
2024 Photography Competition Jury: Leah den Bok, Julie Mardin, Todd Ford, Amos White V
2024 Spoken Word Competition Jury: Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Ron P. Bremner, Emlyn Camerson, Patricia Carragon, Megha Sood, Amos White V, Baron Wright
2024 Choreography Competition Jury: Todd Ford, Lee Milby, Matthew Westerby, Amos White V
2024 Juried Arts Festival Ambassador: The Artists Forum Television host Emlyn Cameron.
2024 Festival Media Sponsor: LinkNYC
MNN El Barrio Firehouse: Fredy Pinto, Carla Robles, Miguel Mercedes
THE ARTISTS FORUM, now in its 25th year, is a New York City based non-profit arts service organization specializing in events, juried competitions, and media for artists.
Its JURIED ARTS FESTIVAL provides an accessible platform for artists of multiple genres to share their latest, most innovative, and influential works with diverse audiences through juried competition. Participant and Winner benefits include public acknowledgement of exceptional projects and career advancement opportunities for both the artists and their collaborators.
Current opportunities include competitions in music, photography, spoken word, choreography, with other genres forthcoming. We encourage art community members to participate by submitting their best materials for consideration.
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