[spectre] Prix Ars Electronica 2006 - Participants Welcome!

[iris mayr]

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: info at prixars.aec.at


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.

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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’Äôs 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

Ars Electronica Center Linz
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A-4040 Linz
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Tel. ++43.732.7272-74
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