The decision on awarding the State Prize for Culture 2022 and the talent promotion awards will be kept secret until the end. Now everything is certain – in today’s meeting of the Upper Austria. The state government accepted the jury’s proposal unanimously: the categories of architecture and film are the big winners.
“The State Prizes for Culture are an award for outstanding artistic work. They show how our country is enriched and promoted through artistic creativity,” emphasizes Governor Thomas Stelzer. Two Grand State Prizes for the first timeThe Grand State Prize for Culture, which is endowed with 11,000 euros, was awarded twice. The “Mauriz Balzarek Prize” was awarded to the Pauhof architects Michael Hofstätter and Wolfgang Pauzenberger with offices in Linz and Vienna, who convinced the jury “through visionary and radical concepts”. Hofstätter received the “crown” on the phone. The joy is great, but also the astonishment: “We have built a lot for private clients in Upper Austria, but never for the public sector,” says the architect Derflinger in the Film & Video division, which, in addition to her own films, has made numerous episodes for TV formats such as Tatort, Vorstadtweiber or Vier Frauen und ein Todfall. The jury also praised her socio-political commitment, including her portraits of women “Die Dohnal” and “Alice Schwarzer”. Other talents The state prizes for culture, each endowed with 7,500 euros, go to mia2 ARCHITEKTUR ZT GmbH, the filmmaker Siegfried Alexander Fruhauf, the photographer Judith Huemer and the musician Johannes Berauer. Eleven talent promotion prizes were also awarded. The awards will be presented on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at the Landhaus in Linz.
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