Sondra Perry 's digital work Flesh Wall is currently taking over Times Square's billboards as part of the site's Midnight Moment monthly programme of artist interventions The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today the inaugural recipients of its new Knight Arts + Tech Fellowship, which annually awards unrestricted grants of $50,000 to five artists who use technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, software and coding, in what the foundation calls “thoughtful, creative or poetic ways” that “expand the field”. “By supporting world-class tech-based art, we aim to spotlight the potential of using tech to engage audiences in meaningful art experiences,” says Victoria Rogers, the vice president of arts at the Knight Foundation. “Technology is a tool, in and of itself it is neither good nor bad. As artist's have done for centuries, they provide us with new ways to view the world. Through their lens, they can provoke, soothe, entertain, and challenge our perceptions. Technology has become ubiquitous; it makes sense to explore its use in the creation of art.”