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Digital Web Work Wins Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Arts Award

David ClarkOctober 29, 2011 - Halifax, Nova Scotia: David Clark’s 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein (to be played with the left hand) captured the $25,000 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Arts Award at a gala dinner in Halifax’s Cunard Centre last night (Oct. 28). This is the first time a web-based work has won the award.

Winner Profile | Press Release (pdf - 65 KB)

 


Update: View the article "A work of digital genius" that hails the beauty and depth of this work. The article was published by NSCAD University on November 3, 2011.