Ars Electronica Festival · 2002
The Crossing Project
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2002
In 2002, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Crossing Project” by Ranjit Makkuni (Interactive Art) with an Award of Distinction.
"The Crossing: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras" multimedia installation shows Banaras, a microcosm of Indian culture, and is a multimedia-based cultural learning tool. The exhibit consists of a collection of installations and interfaces.
About Ranjit Makkuni
Ranjit Makkuni (IND) is a Xerox PaloAlto Research Center multimedia researcher, designer and musician. He joined the PARC Systems Concepts Lab in 1985 and became part of the visionary group which developed the SmallTalk-80 Object Oriented programming language…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.