“The Sky is on Fire” by Emmanuel Van der Auwera received a Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.
The Sky is on Fire is an example of Van der Auwera's research into how technological developments alter our way of seeing, understanding, and interacting with the world. Like many of his works, the point of departure is in the blur of taboo or tragedy as the location is set in the zones connecting documentary…
About Emmanuel Van der Auwera
Emmanuel Van der Auwera (BE) lives and works in Brussels. Through filmmaking, video sculpture, theatre, printmaking, and other media, Van der Auwera sets up encounters with images that provoke a questioning of our visual literacy: How do images of…
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