Ars Electronica Festival · 2009
The New York Times Special Edition
by Because We Want It, Steve Lambert
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2009
In 2009, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The New York Times Special Edition” by Because We Want It and Steve Lambert (Hybrid Art) with an Award of Distinction.
On November 12, 2008, one week after the election of Barack Obama, a special edition of “The New York Times” hit the streets announcing the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a maximum wage, a new national public transit system and 14 more pages of “all the news we hope to print.” The paper was distributed…
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