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Prix Ars Electronica 2004 will extend the deadline until March 26th, 2004

enter your project online at: http://prixars.aec.at/

Prix Ars Electronica 2004 is the 18th edition of the foremost
international competition for computer-based art. To mark Ars
Electronica's 25th anniversary in 2004, it is being expanded to include a
"Digital Communities" domain dedicated to social developments of great
current relevance. Deadline for submissions is March 26th 2004 .

Prix Ars Electronica 2004 will be awarded in the following categories:
"Computer Animation / Visual Effects", "Digital Musics", "Interactive
Art", "Net Vision" and "Digital Communities" and the art and technology
grant [the next idea]

Computer Animation / Visual Effects The "Computer Animation / Visual
Effects" category has been part of the Prix Ars Electronica since its very
inception. It recognizes excellence in independent work in the arts and
sciences as well as in high-end commercial productions in the film,
advertising and entertainment industries. In this category, artistic
originality counts just as much as masterful technical achievement.

Digital Musics Contemporary digital sound productions from the broad
spectrum of "Electronica" come in for consideration in the "Digital
Musics" category, as do works combining sound and media, computer
compositions ranging from electro-acoustic to experimental music, or sound
installations. This category's programmatic agenda is to expand horizons
beyond the confines of individual genres and artistic currents.

Interactive Art The "Interactive Art" category is dedicated to interactive
works in all forms and formats, from installations to performances. Here,
particular consideration is given to the realization of a powerful
artistic concept through the especially appropriate use of technologies,
the innovativeness of the interaction design, and the work's inherent
potential to expand the human radius of action.

Net Vision The "Net Vision" category singles out for recognition artistic
projects in the Internet that display brilliance in how they have been
engineered, designed and- especially-conceived, works that are outstanding
with respect to innovation, interface design and the originality of their
content. The way in which a work of net-based art deals with the online
medium is essential in this category.

Digital Communities "Digital Communities" encompasses the wide-ranging
social consequences of the Internet as well as the latest developments in
the domain of mobile communications and wireless networks. "Digital
Communities" will spotlight bold and inspired innovations impacting human
coexistence, bridging the digital divide regarding gender as well as
geography, or creating outstanding social software and enhancing
accessibility of technological-social infrastructure. This new category
will showcase the political potential of digital and networked systems and
is thus designed as a forum for a broad spectrum of projects, programs,
initiatives and phenomena in which social innovation is taking place, as
it were, in real time.

u19-freestyle computing Competition for young people under 19 in Austria
Prix Ars Electronica u19-freestyle computing is an open category for all
works that have been designed with or executed by the computer-from
websites to software to robots. "freestyle computing" stands for freedom
from the restrictions associated with the use of different tools and for a
competition that pays just as much attention to innovation and creativity
as it does to the age of the individual submitting it.

[The next idea] Art and Technology Grant Discovering ideas for tomorrow in
young minds today is the aim of this spin-off the highly successful u19
competition. Artists age 19-27 are invited to submit ideas and proposals
for works not yet realized. The winner receives a stipend in the amount of
7,500 Euro and will be invited to spend a term as Artist in Residence at
the Ars Electronica Futurelab-a great opportunity to bring project ideas
to fruition and subsequently to present them to a large international
audience at the Ars Electronica Festival.

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