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Goshka Macuga ( born 1967 in Warsaw , Poland as Magorzata Macuga ) is an artist based in London . She was one of the four nominees for the 2008 Turner Prize . The 2008 Turner Prize was awarded on 1 December 2008 to Mark Leckey . The £ 25 , 000 Turner Prize is awarded by the Tate to one of four nominees and is based on their work in the previous year . The other three 2008 nominees were Runa Islam , Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes ; for the first time since 1998 , there were three female nominees . The chairman of the jury was Stephen Deuchar , director of Tate Britain . The artwork shown by the nominees at the invitational exhibition was generally unpopular with critics . Mark Leckey ( born 1964 in Birkenhead , Wirral ) is a British artist , working with collage art , music and video . His found art and found footage pieces span several videos , most notably " Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore " ( 1999 ) and " Industrial Light and Magic " ( 2008 ), for which he won the 2008 Turner Prize . His work has been widely exhibited internationally , including solo exhibitions at Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne , in 2008 and at Le Consortium , Dijon , in 2007 . His performances have been presented in New York at the Museum of ___MASK12___ , Abrons Arts Center ; at the Institute of Contemporary Arts , London , both in 2009 ; and at the Solomon R . Guggenheim Museum , New York , in 2008 . Pozna ( known also by other historical names ) is a city on the Warta river in west - central Poland , in the Greater Poland region . It is best known for its ___MASK41___ Old Town , destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt , and Ostrów Tumski Cathedral . Today , Pozna is an important cultural and business centre and one of Poland ' s most populous regions with many regional customs such as Jarmark witojaski , traditional Saint Martin ' s croissants and a local dialect . Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , Kaliningrad Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and Lithuania to the north . The total area of Poland is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , Poland is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . Poland is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom ' s national collection of British art , and international modern and ___MASK26___ . It is a network of four art museums : Tate Britain , London ( until 2000 known as the Tate Gallery , founded 1897 ), Tate Liverpool ( founded 1988 ), Tate St Ives , Cornwall ( founded 1993 ) and Tate Modern , London ( founded 2000 ), with a complementary website , Tate Online ( created 1998 ). Tate is not a government institution , but its main sponsor is the Department for Culture , Media and Sport .