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NVIDIA and CGSociety Announce Winners Of Art Competition

NVIDIA and CGSociety announced the winners of the latest NVArt digital art challenge, the second in a series of worldwide art competitions. The theme was "Art Space: Architecture and Landscape."

Artists from around the world were invited to submit computer-generated imagery of "awe-inspiring fusions" of architecture and landscapes, with an emphasis on imagination and artistic expression. The winning submissions can be viewed online at http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/02/winners.php.

"We invited artists to stand on the shoulders of giants like architect Frank Gehry and gaze into the far reaches of their imaginations," said Mark Snoswell, president of CGSociety, a global organization for digital artists. "Our artists have created wonderful places that are pure art, where one can wake each day to marvel at the play of light through fantastical spaces and at vibrant fusions of light, color, and texture."

Selected NVArt award winners will be on display at NVISION 08, the premier event for visual computing professionals and enthusiasts, on August 25-27, 2008 in San Jose, California. For more information, go to www.nvision2008.com. NVArt submissions have been showcased recently at the San Jose Museum of Art in Silicon Valley and the Tate Modern in London.

The winners of the "Art Space: Architecture and Landscape" challenge are:

First Place: COMPLEX AT THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE by Staszek Marek, Poland

Second Place: THE GREAT BAYAN by Sergey Skachkov, Russia

Third Place: MEGA VILLAGE 2108 by Andrew Barton, U.K.

Honorable Mention:

GAIA'S GIFT by Petar Milivojevic, Belgrade, Serbia

THE VALLEY by Rudolf Herczog, Sweden

WANDERING CITY by Sergey Skachkov, Russia

5:45 TO SANTA MONICA -- NOW BOARDING by Aleksander (Olek) Novak-Zemplinski, U.S.

SOLARIC GLASS ANEMONE STRUCTURE V" by Albert Kiefer, Netherlands

HEAVEN IN DESERT by Tolgahan Gungor, Turkey

THE PINEVALLEY KEEPS by Georgi "Calader" Simeonov, U.K.

UNDERWORLD by Maxime Desmettre, Canada

WATER PLANT by David Gonzalez Fernandez, Spain

WATER STATION by Steve Bjorck, Great Britain

ATMOSPHERE EMITTERS by Brajan Martinovic, Croatia

IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE OUT IN THE COUNTRY by Colin Cassidy, U.K.

The submissions were reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges, including: Pascal Blanche, Ubisoft; Francisco Cortina, 3D Artist; Lorne Lanning, Oddworld Inhabitants; Stephan Martinere, Midway Games; JoAnne Northrup, San Jose Museum of Art; Shelley Page, Dreamworks; Mark Snoswell, CGSociety; Steven Stahlberg, Androidblues; and David Wright, NVIDIA.

The theme of the next NVArt challenge is "Digital Fusion." It will run from April 24 to June 19, 2008. Artists are invited to create inspiring fusions of 2D and 3D that are more than the sum of their parts. For more information on "Digital Fusion," go to: http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/03/.

Winners from the first NVArt challenge -- "Amazing Creations" -- can be viewed at: http://events.cgsociety.org/NVArt/01/winners.php.

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