[spectre] fwd: Ars Electronica 2002 - Award Winners

Mon, 20 May 2002 21:56:08 +0200

Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 18:18:45 +0200
=46rom: Ars Electronica Center <announce@aec.at>
Subject: Ars Electronica 2002 - 3rd Announcement

UNPLUGGED
Art as the Scene of Global Conflicts
Ars Electronica 2002
September 7 - 12
Linz, Austria
www.aec.at/unplugged/
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Ars Electronica 2002 - 3rd Announcement

CONTENTS
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1. Prix Ars Electronica 2002 - The Winners
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1.1. Computer Animation / Visual Effects
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1.2. Digital Musics
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1.3. Interactive Art
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1.4. Net Vision / Net Excellence
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1.5. cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing
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2. Prix Ars Electronica Gala, Cyberarts 2002, Artists' Forum
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You are reading the third issue of the Ars Electronica 2002 newsletter,
focusing on the winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2002 in the categories
Computer Animation/Visual Effects, Digital Musics, Interactive Art, Net
Vision/Net Excellence and cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing.

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1. Prix Ars Electronica 2002 - The Winners
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1.373 artists from 80 countries entered 2.356 works this year in the 16th
edition of the most important cyberarts competition with the longest
tradition worldwide.
=46ive juries of international experts met from April 19 to 21 at the ORF
Upper Austrian Regional Studio in Linz to judge the best works in the
cyberarts competition Prix Ars Electronica 2002.
18 money prizes amounting to a total of Euro 109.900 will be awarded at the
Awards Presentation on September 9, 2002 at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studio. The prizes of the Prix Ars Electronica 2002 go to the USA, Japan,
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1.1. Computer Animation / Visual Effects
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Golden Nica Computer Animation / Visual Effects
Pete Docter, Pixar (USA): Monster Inc.

Awards of Distinction Computer Animation / Visual Effects
Peter McDonald, Australian Film, Television & Radio School (AUS): Harvey
BUF/Columbia Pictures, David Fincher (F/USA): Panic Room

An Overview of the Honorary Mentions you will find at: http://prixars.aec.at

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1.2. Digital Musics
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Golden Nica Digital Musics
Yasunao Tone (USA): Man'Yo Wounded 2001

Awards of Distinction Digital Musics
Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman; Lucky Kitchen (E/USA):
Revisionland/The Tale of Pip
Curtis Roads (USA): Point, Line, Cloud

An Overview of the Honorary Mentions you will find at: http://prixars.aec.at

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1.3. Interactive Art
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Golden Nica Interactive Art
David Rokeby (CDN): n-cha(n)t

Awards of Distinction Interactive Art
Ranjit Makkuni, The Crossing Project - Xerox PARC & DMO (India): The
Crossing: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MEX/CDN): Body Movies - Relational Architecture No. 6

An Overview of the Honorary Mentions you will find at: http://prixars.aec.at

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1.4. Net Vision / Net Excellence
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Golden Nica Net Vision
RSG (USA): Carnivore http://rhizome.org/carnivore/

Awards of Distinction Net Vision
It's Alive! (SW): BotFighters http://www.botfighters.com/demo/index.jsp
Maia Gusberti, Michael Aschauer, Nik Thoenen, Sepp Deinhofer (A):
=2E/logicaland http://www.logicaland.net

Golden Nica Net Excellence
Josh On, Futurefarmers (USA): They Rule http://www.theyrule.net

Awards of Distinction Net Excellence
Schoenerwissen (G): Minitasking http://www.minitasking.com
Alexandra Jugovic, Florian Schmitt; Hi-Res! (GB): Donnie Darko
http://www.donniedarko.com

An Overview of the Honorary Mentions you will find at: http://prixars.aec.at

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1.5. cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing
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Golden Nica u19 freestyle computing
Karola Hummer (A): TI-92

Awards of Distinction u19 freestyle computing
Philipp Luftensteiner (A): Arena
sofa23 (Milo Tesselaar, Markus Murschitz, Ulrich Reiterer, Jona Hoier),
Mathias Scherz, Stefan Bergmann (A): minimals

An Overview of the Honorary Mentions you will find at: http://prixars.aec.at

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2. Prix Ars Electronica Gala, Cyberarts 2002, Artists' Forum
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Prix Ars Electronica Gala
The Prix Ars Electronica 2002 Awards Presentation will take place during
the Ars Electronica Festival on Monday, September 9, 2002, at the ORF Upper
Austrian Regional Studio, and will be broadcast live via the satellite
program 3sat at 9 :00 p.m. and later at 12:30 a.m. on ORF2.

Cyberarts 2002
A selection of the best works of the Prix Ars Electronica will be shown at
the O.K Center for Contemporary Art in Linz, beginning Saturday, September
7, 2002.

Artists' Forum
During the 3-day artists' forum from September 10 to 12, 2002, the prize
winners (Golden Nica and Awards of Distinction) will present their works in
person to an audience at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio in Linz.

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The next announcement update will appear by the end of June. The focus will
be the programme of Ars Electronica 2002 - UNPLUGGED Art as the Scene of
Global Conflicts.

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Ars Electronica 2002
Organization:
Ars Electronica Center Linz and ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation,
Upper Austrian Regional Studio
Co-organizers: Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K - Center for Contemporary Art

Concept & Artistic Direction:	Gerfried Stocker, Christine Sch=F6pf
Curatorial Team: Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber, Stefano Filipponi, Andreas
Hirsch, Davis O. Nejo, Jay Rutledge
The Theme of Ars Electronica 2002 is based on an idea of Oliviero Toscani.

Contact:
Ars Electronica Center
Hauptstrasse 2
A-4040 Linz
Austria
info@aec.at
www.aec.at/unplugged/

Sponsors of Ars Electronica 2002:
Compaq Oesterreich GesmbH, Gericom, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft,
Oesterreichische Brauunion, Oracle, Quelle, SGI, Siemens AG, Telekom
Austria AG

Sponsors of Prix Ars Electronica 2002:
The Prix Ars Electronica 2002 is sponsored by Telekom Austria AG.
Supported by Datakom, voestalpine, P.S.K. (Austrian Postal Banking), the
City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa,
Casinos Austria, City-Hotel Linz, Courtyard by Marriott, Poestlingberg
Schloessl, Sony DADC, Oesterreichischer Kulturservice