<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Fundación Telefónica would like to invite you to the awards ceremony of VIDA 13.0 which will take place on the 10th of February at 6.30 pm at the Auditorium of Fundacion Telefonica (C/ Gran Via 28 - entrance C/Valverde 2 - Madrid). </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">A jury with international prestige selected the winners in this edition from the 285 projects presented by artists from 39 countries, of which 135 were from the Americas (led by the United States with 27 projects and Argentina with 28) and 132 from European countries (of which 50 were from Spain). </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">In the Finished Projects category, the top three prizes were awarded to the project “Sensitive to pleasure” by the artist Sonia Cillari (Italy/Netherlands) as the first prize, an interactive performance piece which explores the perception of the body via complex physical interfaces; the second prize went to the project “Plantas nómadas” by Gilberto Esparza (Mexico) in which a robotic being analyses its environment and proposes methods of regeneration for highly contaminated natural spaces; and the third prize was awarded to Julian Oliver (New Zealand/Germany) for the project “psworld”, a computational mechanism which processes and depends on the dynamic activity located in a predetermined natural landscape. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Honourable mentions were also awarded to seven projects which showed a high level of formal and technological resolution.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">After the ceremony a panel discussion will take place between Gerfried Stocker, director of Ars Electronica, and Sally Jane Norman, former member of VIDA jury, director of Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts and Professor of Performative Technologies at University of Sussex. They will be invited to discuss the relevance of digital technologies as generators of new artistic languages and artificial life forms.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Please confirm your attendance by calling (+34) 91 522 66 45 or <a href="mailto:salafundaciontelefonica@telefonica.es">salafundaciontelefonica@telefonica.es</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">---------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Fundación Telefónica tiene el placer de invitarle a la presentación y entrega de premios de los proyectos ganadores de la XIII edición del Concurso Internacional Arte y Vida Artificial, VIDA. El acto tendrá lugar el jueves 10 de febrero a las 18:30 horas en el Auditorio de Fundación Telefónica, c/ Gran Vía, 28 (Entrada por c/ Valverde, 2) Madrid. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Un jurado de prestigio internacional ha seleccionado a los ganadores de esta edición entre los 285 proyectos presentados por artistas de 39 países, de los cuales 135 son americanos (destacando Estados Unidos con 27 proyectos y Argentina con 28) y 132 proceden de países europeos (50 españoles). En la modalidad Proyectos Finalizados los tres primeros premios han correspondido, respectivamente, a la artista italiana Sonia Cillari, al mexicano Gilberto Esparza y al artista neozelandés Julián Oliver. Se conceden asimismo menciones honoríficas a siete proyectos que han demostrado tener un alto grado de resolución formal y tecnológica. El primer premio ha correspondido al proyecto Sensitive to pleasure de la arista Sonia Cillari (Italia). Se trata de una performance interactiva que plantea la percepción del cuerpo a través de complejos interfaces físicos. El segundo premio es para el proyecto Plantas nómadas de Gilberto Esparza (México) que consiste en una entidad robótica que analiza el entorno proponiendo formas de regeneración de espacios naturales altamente contaminados. El tercer premio se ha concedido al artista Julian Oliver (Nueva Zelanda/Alemania) con el proyecto Psworld, un mecanismo computacional cuyos procesos dependen de la actividad dada en un escenario natural predeterminado. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Tras la presentación, tendrá lugar una conferencia coloquio en la que Gerfried Stocker, director del prestigioso festival ARS Electronica, y Sally Jane Norman, miembro del jurado de VIDA, directora del Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts y profesora de Tecnologías performativas en la Universidad de Sussex charlarán sobre la vigencia de las tecnologías digitales como generadoras de nuevos lenguajes artísticos y formas de vida artificial. Al final del acto se servirá una copa a los asistentes. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Es imprescindible confirmar la asistencia al teléfono (+34) 91 522 66 45 o a la dirección de correo electrónico <a href="mailto:salafundaciontelefonica@telefonica.es">salafundaciontelefonica@telefonica.es</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Mónica Bello Bugallo<br>Artistic Director of VIDA </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Art and Artificial Life International Awards</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.fundaciontelefonica.com/vida">www.fundaciontelefonica.com/vida</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div></span></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>