The exhibition showcases new and existing works by the winners of the Pax Art Awards 2024 in three parallel solo exhibitions. Basel-based artist Esther Hunziker was awarded the main prize. Two additional prizes were given to Stefan Karrer, also from Basel and residing in Vienna, and Alfatih, residing in Western Switzerland.
The three showcased artists share a fascination with artificial intelligence tools, which they use skillfully and critically in their work. Their newly created pieces explore the poe-tic and storytelling abilities of AI, testing the boundary between human and machine-made creations. Although their themes differ, their shared use of AI reflects a defining aspect of the current artistic Zeitgeist.
Art Foundation Pax / Pax Art Awards
The Pax Art Awards have been presented an-nually since 2018. These groundbreaking prizes for digital art, awarded by the Art Foundation Pax in collaboration with HEK, recognize and promote media-specific practices of Swiss artists either using media technology in their works or addressing its impact. Half of the prize money is used to purchase a work for the Art Foundation Pax collection, the other half to support the artists in developing a new work that will be presented in a joint exhibition the following year.
The Art Foundation Pax is an independent foun-dation for the promotion of digital and media-based art in Switzerland and is supported by Pax.
