[ back to main menu ] [ programme | competition | results | video documentation | news | e-mail ] NEWS [ wersja polska ] Final results of the WRO 99 7th International Media Art Biennale video-art competition Statement of the international jury.    From the 69 works selected for the WRO 99 competition, the jury found a very diverse range of themes, including numerous animation works and tapes dealing with body iconography, but surprisingly few works dealing with political narratives or documentation.     The power of the tape was reflected in several of the works submitted -many artists used the weakness and fragility of the medium to express concepts, which confirm the power of the tape.     Final Results 1st prize I LIVE YOU by Yonatan Vinitski (Israel) 4 000 Polish Zlotys 2nd prize Potopia by Andrzej Urbanski (Poland) 1 500 Polish Zlotys 3rd split prize Couple by Hanspeter Ammann (Switzerland) 500 Polish Zlotys and Stand by Your Man by Stefan St-Laurent (Canada) 500 Polish Zlotys We would like express our special tribute to David Larcher (Great Britain) Joseph Backstein (RUS) ................................................ Nina Czegledy (CDN/H) ................................................ Ermeline Le Mezo (F) ................................................ Piotr Wyrzykowski (PL) ................................................   Wroclaw, Sunday, 2 May 1999