Celebrating Art and Technology With Pixelworx

Filipinos are known for their creativity and artistic talent and in line with this, Power Mac Center recently announced the winners for its very first multimedia awards. The campaign dares to test the limit of Filipino creativity with the launch of Pixelworx, wherein ideas, technology and art with be merge through various platforms.

From 100 entries, the top 20 works were selected and displayed at the Ayala Museum during the awarding ceremonies last August 22, 2015.

The contest was facilitated by Power Mac Center's four Art Ambassadors: Jay Contreras, Marcus and Bru Nada, and Nikki Luna and Leeroy New. These ambassadors excelled in the Philippine contemporary art scene through photography, graphic design, visual arts and sculpture.

The latest Wacom tablets was also introduced when the four Art Ambassadors conducted free workshops in selected Power Mac Center classrooms. Art demonstrations using Adobe Photoshop was also used and a Wacom artist gave live sketch and edits to participants.

"Apple products are the perfect instruments for these artists to create, showcase and promote their art. We want these artists to dare to defy conventions through their creative digitally enhanced art," says Joey Alvarez, Marketing Director for Power Mac Center.

From the 20 shortlisted entries, 6 winners were chosen. Here are some of the works displayed during the awarding ceremony.

Here are the lucky 6 winners. Congratulations! Prizes given were Wacom tablets, Power Mac Center GCs, and iPads.

Dream World. This is the winning entry of Jett Ilagan.

Here is Jett Ilagan posing beside his digital art work.