[spectre] Prix Ars Electronica 2006 - Participants Welcome!

Fri Jan 13 11:34:55 CET 2006

The question of this prize [the next idea] in a: of course it is of a very
good idea,  BUT  the limit age is too short. It should allow to submit a
project by older competitors - till 30 years old at least:)

The idea that the new ideas would be necessarily associated to the youth is
more erroneous and sectarian than arbitrary.

Indeed, count of new ideas imagined in the youth take shape of work or are
available developed later n a available to the public. It regards not only
for the art but also for Sciences or Letters.

The collective fulgurance of the premium youth remains an exceptional but
also exceptionally rare event. It is necessary to give to the new ideas
other chances that those of the prediction: for example the time to exist as
performing work or as object.

Everybody is not Hölderlin or Rimbaud, but there are also Einstein or
Baudelaire, Marie Curie, or Virginia Wolf.

Finally, to privilege the invention in its academic frame is associated to
the general agreements of the university studies, but the main part of the
mode of the invention is often parallel or marginal (this also concerning
the age).

In the remarkable context of Ars Electronica, "  International Competition
for Cyberarts ", " COMPUTERANIMATION / VISUAL EFFECTS " such a
misunderstanding can be a pity, even we know and we understand the way of
the concessions to certain precious partners or certain precious announcers
supporting collective digit arts demonstrations.

The materialist emergence of the invention after all is rarely the one which
had been lent to early works contrary to appearances.

On 13/01/06 10:39, "iris mayr   (by way of Andreas Broeckmann)"
<iris.mayr at liwest.at> probably wrote:

> 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.
> 
> [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 category¹Äôs 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
> Hauptstra–üe 2
> A-4040 Linz
> Code: Prix
> 
> Tel. ++43.732.7272-74
> Fax ++43.732.7272-676
> info at prixars.aec.at
> http://prixars.aec.at
> 
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