Nowness Fetes Inaugural Awards at the V&A

LONDON – Modern Dazed, a joint venture between Dazed Media and China’s Modern Media that operates Nowness, has revealed the ten honorees of its inaugural Nowness awards. They are photographer and filmmaker Campbell Addy; video and multimedia artist Korakrit Arunanondchai; artist, musician, poet and film director Baloji; artist, choreographer and innovator Ivan Blackstock; artist, director and choreographer Holly Blakey; filmmaker, photographer and artist Rhea Dillon; writer and director A.V. Rockwell; artist Jacolby Satterwhite; film director Sandra Winther, and director and writer Xinyuan Zheng Lu. Honourees of the inaugural Nowness Awards  Courtesy Photo A cocktail reception was held in the Modern Media gallery wing at the Victoria and Albert Museum to celebrate “the filmmakers and artists working in moving image, whose work we feel not only embodies the best of 2019, but has the potential to truly push culture forward in 2020 and beyond,” according to Bunny Kinney, creative director of Nowness. Jefferson Hack, founder of Dazed Media; Thomas Shao, owner of China’s Modern Media; Andrew Maag, chief executive officer of Dunhill; Christopher Zanardi-Landi, ceo at LVMH’s Pink Shirtmaker, and designers such as Michelle Lamy, Andreas Kronthaler and Bianca Saunders attended the ceremony. Hack said at the reception that “we are proud to be able to offer

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