Prix Ars Electronica 2004 is open for entries and starts with a new
category and an Art and Technology Grant
It is the 18th editition of the foremost International Competition for
CyberArts. The Prix Ars Electronica will be awarded in the following
categories:
Computer Animation / Visual Effects
Digital Musics
Interactive Art
Net Vision
Digital Communities
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 and the art and technology grant [the next
idea] art and technology grant.
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
itwere, in real time.
[the next idea] art and technology grant Discovering ideas for tomorrow in
young minds today is the aim of this grant and focusing on the
intersection of art and technology. The category's target group includes
students at universities, art schools, technical schools, and other
educational institutions as well as creatives from all over the world,
aged 19-27, who have developed as-yet-unproduced concepts in the fields of
media art, media design or media technology. The winner receives a grant
in the amount of 7,500 Euro and will be invited to spend a term as
Researcher and Artist in Residence at the Ars Electronica Futurelab.
Detailed information about the Prix Ars Electronica 2004 at
http://prixars.aec.at Subscribe now at: http://prixars.aec.at
Entry Deadline: March 12th, 2004
Sponsoring and Support SAP, Telekom Austria and voestalpine are the
Sponsors of the 2004 Prix Ars Electronica. The competition is made
possible through the support of the City of Linz and the Province of Upper
Austria. Prix Ars Electronica is supported by: ÖKS Österreichischer
Kultur-Service, Pöstlingbergschlöss'l, Sony DADC, Spring, KLM
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