Turner Prize goes to sound artist

The 45-year-old Scot, the bookmakers' firm favorite to scoop the 25,000-pound ($40,000) award, said she sympathized with the demonstrators, who were kept out of sight but not out of earshot at the London awards ceremony.
"It was kind of a surreal experience," the soft-spoken Philipsz told reporters in the gallery where her winning voice installation could be heard in the background. "And to have the protests, it brought me back to my (own) days of protesting against the cuts. My heart goes out to them."
Nicholas Serota, head of the Tate galleries which oversee the annual prize, added his voice to the art world's concerns about the impact of major funding cutbacks planned as the government seeks ways to reduce its budget deficit.