Peter und Luise Hager-Award at the Saar Academy of Fine Arts and Design (HBKsaar)
Together with Saar Academy of Fine Arts and Design (HBKsaar) the Peter und Luise Hager Foundation has been awarding prizes to outstanding students of the HBKsaar for their artistic and design projects and developments since 2011.
Each year, the call for entries specifies a theme to be addressed artistically or creatively. The prizes are intended to promote the individual development of the students in the long term. In addition, the awarding of prizes is intended to address a broad public for the aesthetic development potential of the Saar region.
The theme of the winter semester 2023/24 was: "obsessive". At the end of the winter semester 2023/24, the ten best works were shown as part of the tour in the HBKsaar gallery. The award ceremony took place in the context of the opening of the tour at the end of the winter semester.
The decision on the awarding of the prize was made by a jury consisting of
three representatives of the Peter und Luise Hager Foundation, three representatives of the HBKsaar and two external experts.
Each year, the call for entries specifies a theme to be addressed artistically or creatively. The prizes are intended to promote the individual development of the students in the long term. In addition, the awarding of prizes is intended to address a broad public for the aesthetic development potential of the Saar region.
The theme of the winter semester 2023/24 was: "obsessive". At the end of the winter semester 2023/24, the ten best works were shown as part of the tour in the HBKsaar gallery. The award ceremony took place in the context of the opening of the tour at the end of the winter semester.
The decision on the awarding of the prize was made by a jury consisting of
three representatives of the Peter und Luise Hager Foundation, three representatives of the HBKsaar and two external experts.
Award Winners of the Peter und Luise Hager Award 2023/2024
Theme: "obsessive"
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Fanny Benjes »Aufgehoben«, book and Installation (left)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Sarah Niecke »Feed the Feed«, video installation (middle)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Laura Weisbordt »Im Kopf: ein General«, Performance with installative documentation (right)
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Anastasia Pantazi, Marie Luise Götze, Mirco Kanthak, Nils Elias Kammer, Suyoung Kim, Anna Müller and Bertille Ogier.
Photographer: Florian Luxenburger, (c) HBKsaar
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Fanny Benjes »Aufgehoben«, book and Installation (left)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Sarah Niecke »Feed the Feed«, video installation (middle)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Laura Weisbordt »Im Kopf: ein General«, Performance with installative documentation (right)
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Anastasia Pantazi, Marie Luise Götze, Mirco Kanthak, Nils Elias Kammer, Suyoung Kim, Anna Müller and Bertille Ogier.
Photographer: Florian Luxenburger, (c) HBKsaar
1. Prize: Fanny Benjes »Aufgehoben«, book and Installation
2. Prize: Sarah Niecke »Feed the Feed«, video installation
3. Prize: Laura Weisbordt »Im Kopf: ein General«, Performance with installative documentation
Review: Award Winners of the Peter und Luise Hager Award 2022/2023
Theme: "practising" (original German title: „üben“)
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Ivan Labalestra »In die Ausstellung kommen«
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Siwei Li »Metronome«
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Mirco Kanthak »Mir|co Kan|thak«
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Jihoon Jung, Haegang Lee, Maribel Spanier, Heidrun Stern, Pia Treiber, Dean Weigand & Thorsten Müller, Iryna Yeroshko
You can find more information about the art works here.
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Ivan Labalestra »In die Ausstellung kommen«
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Siwei Li »Metronome«
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Mirco Kanthak »Mir|co Kan|thak«
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Jihoon Jung, Haegang Lee, Maribel Spanier, Heidrun Stern, Pia Treiber, Dean Weigand & Thorsten Müller, Iryna Yeroshko
You can find more information about the art works here.
1. Prize: Ivan Labalestra „In die Ausstellung kommen“
2. Prize: Siwei Li „Metronome“
3. Prize: Mirco Kanthak „Mir|co Kan|thak“
Review: Award Winners of the Peter und Luise Hager Award 2021/2022
Theme: "Not Doing" (original German title: „Nicht-Tun“)
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Jihoon Jung "Deaf" (Animation and drawings)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Sarah Niecke "Sie tun nichts, sie wollen nur spielen!" (Video installation and photographs)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Irina Schulze "There is (no) glory in prevention" (Object)
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Carlos Alberto Molina Castillo, Céline Gieseler, Ivan Labalestra, Joohee Oh, Marika Pyrszel, Sandra Romina Pölger and Yining Tang.
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Jihoon Jung "Deaf" (Animation and drawings)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Sarah Niecke "Sie tun nichts, sie wollen nur spielen!" (Video installation and photographs)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Irina Schulze "There is (no) glory in prevention" (Object)
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Carlos Alberto Molina Castillo, Céline Gieseler, Ivan Labalestra, Joohee Oh, Marika Pyrszel, Sandra Romina Pölger and Yining Tang.
1. Prize: Jihoon Jung „Deaf“
2. Prize: Sarah Niecke „Sie tun nichts, sie wollen nur spielen!“
3. Prize: Irina Schulze „There is (no) glory in prevention“
Review: Award Winners of the Peter und Luise Hager Award 2020/21
Theme: "Knowledge" (original German title: „Wissen“)
1. Prize: 1,000 euros - Polina Trishkina "Salz der Erde" (Sculpture)
2. Prize: 1,000 euros - Seokjin Hong "Drin" (Light installation)
3. Prize: 1,000 euros - Marius Buck "DaVinciPowerHammer" (Installation)
Since many students have lost their part-time jobs due to the crisis, the Foundation adjusted the usual endowment and donated part of the award money to the Corona Emergency Aid Fund of the General Students' Committee (AStA) of the HBKsaar to support students in financial need. Management Board member Susanne Trockle handed over the cheque to Prof. Gabriele Langendorf, former rector of the HBKsaar, and Joas Strecker, former AStA chairman, in July 2020 (from left to right).
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Miriam Dockendorf, Julia Gerhards, Jihoon Jung, Hwakyeong Kim, Kyungju Kim and Felicitas Zenke.
1. Prize: 1,000 euros - Polina Trishkina "Salz der Erde" (Sculpture)
2. Prize: 1,000 euros - Seokjin Hong "Drin" (Light installation)
3. Prize: 1,000 euros - Marius Buck "DaVinciPowerHammer" (Installation)
Since many students have lost their part-time jobs due to the crisis, the Foundation adjusted the usual endowment and donated part of the award money to the Corona Emergency Aid Fund of the General Students' Committee (AStA) of the HBKsaar to support students in financial need. Management Board member Susanne Trockle handed over the cheque to Prof. Gabriele Langendorf, former rector of the HBKsaar, and Joas Strecker, former AStA chairman, in July 2020 (from left to right).
In addition to the art works of the three prize winners, the entries of seven other students were exhibited: Miriam Dockendorf, Julia Gerhards, Jihoon Jung, Hwakyeong Kim, Kyungju Kim and Felicitas Zenke.
Photo: Ingeborg Knigge / HBKsaar
1. Prize: Polina Trishkina, "Salz der Erde"
2. Prize: Seokjin Hong, "Drin"
3. Prize: Marius Buck, "DaVinciPowerHammer"
Review: Award Winners of the Peter und Luise Hager Award 2019/2020
Theme: "Faith" (original German title: „Glaube“)
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Tim Jungmann "Glück" (Wall shelf installation)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Kollektiv Maria Pauer "Aktion 1: Minus 18 Meter" (multimedial installation)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Johanna Schlegel "whiteout" (video)
1. Prize: 5,000 euros - Tim Jungmann "Glück" (Wall shelf installation)
2. Prize: 3,000 euros - Kollektiv Maria Pauer "Aktion 1: Minus 18 Meter" (multimedial installation)
3. Prize: 2,000 euros - Johanna Schlegel "whiteout" (video)
In addition to the art works of the three prizewinners, the entries of eight other students were exhibited: Julia Gerhards, Léo Himburg, Tanja Huberti, Mario Maurer, Jonathan Maus, Anica Seidel, Antonia Stakenkötter and Luise Talbot.
1. Prize: Tim Jungmann „Glück“
2. Prize: Kollektiv Maria Pauer „Aktion 1: Minus 18 Meter“
3. Prize: Johanna Schlegel „whiteout“
