Mr. Nassier Nash Anggahan, a graduate student of Polytechnic University of the Philippines, was awarded the Gold Prize for Digital Media Arts at the ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition and Exhibition held at the Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, on 17 December 2010.

The Multimedia Competition was organized by the ASEAN-Korea Centre to showcase the new urban paradigm under the theme of “ASEAN-Korean Cities: Urban Culture and Green Life” through art. The competition is a venue for freely displaying artistic imagination about the relationship between the city and the environment. Mr. Anggahan’s entry entitled “Water,” a 2 minute- 40 second single channel video features efforts being undertaken by various groups for the rehabilitation of the Pasig River. The 2010 ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition provides a channel of exchanges and enhances mutual understanding between young generation of ASEAN and Korea through new media. Winning Photographs and Digital Arts are on display at the Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, until 30 December 2010.