COLLABORATIVE duo Al and Al were announced as winners of the 2009 Liverpool Art Prize last night.

The pair, whose work features CGI imaging, were chosen from a short-list of six by a panel of judges.

Installation artist Elizabeth Willow was named as recipient of the People’s Choice award, with her work receiving most votes from visitors to the contest’s exhibition.

Al and Al are otherwise known as 37-year-old Al Taylor, originally from Wigan, and Manchester-born Al Holmes, 38.

They moved to Liverpool for a six-month residency in 2007 and ended up staying in the city.

They are currently working as artists in residence of Edge Hill station, which they are transforming into an art space.

“It’s nice winning an award because our process for us is a 24/7 thing, we never turn off,” says Taylor.

Their submitted pieces include a series of video works viewed through 3D glasses, which were originally commissioned for an exhibition in Mechelen, in Belgium.

The images feature pink triangles, which was the Nazi symbol for homosexuality.

“Mechelen was the point where trains destined for Auschwitz would start and, being gay, we realised that we would have been on those trains,” explains Holmes.

Also included is a series of giant Tarot cards, created using digital imagery.

“Tarot cards date back to the 14th century when they were hand-painted for incredibly wealthy families who used them as tools of contemplation, rather than to tell the future,” says Taylor.