Prix Ars Electronica 2006 International Competition for Cyberarts The Prix
Ars Electronica - International Competition for Cyberarts is being
conducted for the 19th time in 2006. In addition to the classic
categories-Interactive Art, Net Vision, Computer Animation / Visual
Effects and Digital Musics-Digital Communities and [the next idea] Art and
Technology Grant competition that debuted last year will be reprised.
Prix Ars Electronica 2006
Start of Online Submissions: January 10, 2006
Online Submission Deadline: March 17, 2006
Details about entering are available online only at http://prixars.aec.at
Total Prize Money: 117,500 Euro
6 Golden Nicas
12 Awards of Distinction
Up to 12 Honorary Mentions in each category
For further information please contact Iris Mayr: [log in to unmask]
COMPUTERANIMATION / 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 This category focuses attention on the wide-ranging
social impact of the Internet as well as on the latest developments in the
fields of social software, mobile communications and wireless networks.
"Digital Communities" spotlights bold and inspired innovations impacting
human coexistence, bridging the geographical as well as gender-based
digital divide, or creating outstanding social software and enhancing
accessibility of technological-social infrastructure. This category
showcases the political potential of digital and networked systems and is
thus designed as a forum for the consideration of a broad spectrum of
projects, programs, initiatives and phenomena in which social innovation
is taking place, as it were, in real time. A Golden Nica, two Awards of
Distinction and up to 12 Honorary Mentions will be awarded in the Digital
Communities category in 2006.
[the next idea] Art and Technology Grant The aim of this grant focusing on
the mutually enriching interplay of art and technology is to nurture
concepts for the future that young thinkers are coming up with today. This
category’s target group includes interested persons throughout the world
between the ages of 19 and 27, who have developed a not-yet-realized
concept in the fields of media art, media design or media technology. The
winner will receive a 7,500-euro grant and an invitation to spend a
semester as scientific assistant and artist-in-residence at the Ars
Electronica Futurelab.
Iris Mayr
Prix Ars Electronica | Project Manager
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