Computer Arts - USA (2019-09)

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This year's

competition

saw a record

number of

entrants, with 15

of the 16 winners

attending on

awards night.

Below left: Anna

Mill's winning

entry.

Daisy McMullan is Awards

Coordinator at The AOI. She has an

MA in Curating and works as a visual

arts producer specialising in non-profit

and education sectors.

WHAT WAS NEW THIS YEAR?

The exhibition at Somerset House has

evolved with tighter curation and a

modern display that creates a sense

of where illustration is right now:

vibrant, dynamic and all around us.

We also made an effort to showcase

projects in more depth where we could;

in some cases a series instead of just

a single image really helped to tell the

story of the project.

WERE THERE ANY ENTRIES THAT

MADE YOU THINK: 'I'VE NEVER

SEEN THAT BEFORE'?

Olivia Sullivan’s multimedia work that

maps a psychogeography of Cumbria.

It has animation, sound, wooden

sculptures and models made from

Kendal Mint Cake. It really is truly

original, and tests the boundaries of

what we think of as illustration. Tommy

Parker’s Dynamic Wallpaper is a great

use of new technology, and really

demonstrates how illustration can

advance innovation. It’s a really clever

use of software that helps programme

the image to change with the position

of the sun.

IS DIVERSITY IN ENTRIES

IMPORTANT TO YOU?

Our entries come from all over the

world – in particular the UK and USA

as you might expect, as that is where

we, The AOI and our delivery partners

the Directory of Illustration are based.

But we also receive plenty of entries

from Europe and Asia too, and now

we're seeing more from countries with a

less-established illustration tradition such

as Indonesia, Ukraine, UAE, Malaysia

and Romania.

YOUR PERSONAL FAVOURITES?

moooOooons by Pei-Fen Hsieh, made

using collage, and Anna Mill's winning

book Square Eyes is also extraordinary!

THIS

YEAR'S

EVENT

IN A 

NUTSHELL

SEPTEMBER 2019 EVENTS