The Szpilman Award
The SZPILMAN AWARD is awarded to works that exist only for a moment or a short period of time. The purpose of the award is to promote such works whose forms consist of ephemeral situations.
Some highlights from this year’s award and past:
C5 Casino: The group of artists C5 marks a roulette wheel on a shut-down fountain in the centre of a roundabout at Europa-Platz inAachen. The roulette ball is replaced by a moped rider. The corresponding casino is situated in a high-rise flat overlooking the square. (2005)
Poison Idea: Poison Idea construct a large puddle in Hamburg, blocking a paved walkway. With no
rain and the temperature of 30 degrees, there just cannot be any puddles anywhere. (2007)
Christopher Richmond: Christopher Richmond steps onto the roof of his three-story apartment building and
proceeds to paint the sky blue in a painterly gesture by spraying three cans of ‘Blue Sky’
colored aerosol spray into the sky. (2008)
And these two from 2008: Sai Hua Kuan and Kate Mitchell: