[spectre] Invitation to Prix Mobius Nordica 2003

[geert lovink]

From: "Mobius" <mobius@medeia.com>

Invitation to Prix Möbius Nordica 2003

Registration and enquiries via competition Internet site at
www.prixmobiusnordica.org. Deadline for registration is Friday, November
29th, 2002.

Quality competition of digital media culture PRIX MÖBIUS FINLANDE
extends an invitation to all Nordic countries by transforming into PRIX
MÖBIUS NORDICA.

PRIX MÖBIUS NORDICA will be organized on Saturday January 25th, 2003
in MEDIA CENTRE LUME in Helsinki.

The winners of the Nordic competition, taking place in Finland, will
participate in the international competition PRIX MÖBIUS INTERNATIONAL
in Athens in September 2003.

The competition is open for interactive culture-oriented productions,
products or works that have been published or completed during year
2002, and whose authors live and work in the Nordic countries.

Possible formats of the productions and works are for example CD ROM,
DVD, Internet, or wireless network. The organizers also welcome
productions utilizing new platforms (e.g. digital television) or new
genres (e.g. virtual communities and software art). The works should
meet high standards of content production as to their content,
audiovisual appearance and interface design, as well as general
technical competence. Company presentations, or presentations of the use
of technical platforms are not included in the competition.

The aims of PRIX MÖBIUS NORDICA are:

- to support Nordic media culture production, and advance its
international recognition
- to create networks for actors in the area (authors, producers,
publishers, media) as well as researchers and students
- to clarify quality standards and give a general picture of the status
and development of new media culture
- to advance the completion and distribution of productions and works

Partners: Ministry of Education,
AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture,
FRAME - Finnish Fund for Art Exchange,
Media Centre LUME of the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Media
Lab of the University of Art and Design Helsinki.

Prix Möbius Nordica is organized in co-operation with Media Centre Lume
and Media Culture Association m-cult. Medeia Oy is responsible for
practical organization work.

Additional information:
www.prixmobiusnordica.org
info@prixmobiusnordica.org
Marianne Decoster-Taivalkoski
Producer
gsm +358 40 589 669