Tiffany Sia’s installation invites viewers to experience video in an unconventional way. She follows the traces of King Hu, a martial film director who shot his movies in the Taiwanese countryside. By doing so she offers a visual meditation on the notion of what Salman Rushdie once called the imaginary homeland: the (romanticized) idea that people living in the diaspora develop of their country of birth or origin. In her essayistic work – the publication «On and Off-Screen Imaginaries» – she critically examines vernacular documentary cinema. The projection of the film «The Sojourn» on a curved curtain and «Antipodes II» on a rear view mirror create a sense of disruption, draws the attention to the materiality of the image while also adding a painterly dimension to the medium.

In addition to the cash prize, Baloise acquires a group of works by the award winners and donates them to two important European museums. The works of Tiffany Sia were presented to the collection of the MUDAM, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg.

Gallery: Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna, Austria

This year’s jury includes: Karola Kraus, General Director MUMOK Vienna, Chair of the Jury (could not be present in person due to force majeure); Marie-Noëlle Farcy, Curator / Head of Collection MUDAM, Luxemburg; Susanne Pfeffer, Director MMK, Frankfurt, Uli Sigg, Swiss Collector and patron of the arts; Ann Demeester, Director Kunsthaus Zurich.

• Interview with Tiffany Sia at Art Basel 2024
• Conversation with the winners 2024
• MUDAM, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg
• Gallery: Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna, Austria

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