Ars Electronica Festival · 1991

Think about the people now

by Paul Sermon

🏆 Golden Nica · Prix Ars Electronica 1991

Paul Sermon's “Think about the people now” was honoured with the Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica 1991, category Interactive Art. Paul Sermon has 2 more works in this atlas.

The interactive project "Think about the people now" is based on a true event. Paul Sermon collected information and statements about a man who set fire to himself in public protest. He combined everything in a hyper-media environment. The user can now do his own research using an interactive process.

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Paul Sermon

Paul Sylvester Sermon (GB), born in Oxford in 1966. He received a M.F A. from the University of Reading and a B.A. in Fine Arts from the Gwent College of Higher Education.

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