Paris-based artist and researcher Dana-Fiona Armour won the inaugural Sigg Art Prize on 18 October for the integration of artificial intelligence into art for her interactive video installation, ‘Alvinella Ophis’.
Born in 1988 in Willich, Germany, Dana-Fiona Armour graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2019.
Defining herself as an artist-researcher, Dana-Fiona Armour aims to transcend the boundaries between matter and species, acting as an interpreter between humanity and other living beings.
Composition of the jury:
Dominique Moulon (independent curator and art critic), Nicolas Bourriaud (artistic director, 15th Gwangju Biennale), Joseph Fowler (head of art and culture, World Economic Forum), Anna Longo (philosopher, writer and programme director, Collège International de Philosophie), Seedphrase (collector of digital art and NFT), Antonio Somaini (professor, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris), Anne Stenne (independent curator, co-founder and artistic director, The Feral), Gediminas Urbonas (director, MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology), and an AI judge.
Dana-Fiona Armour
