NEWS
Prix 2008: Facts & Figures
The Prix Ars Electronica once again elicited a tremendous international response in 2008. A total of 4,056 participants from 62 countries entered the competition.
Among the classic categories—Computer Animation/Film/VFX, Digital Communities, Digital Musics, Interactive Art and Hybrid Art—Computer Animation drew the most entries with 586 submitted projects, barely edging out Digital Musics with 580. There were 75 theoretical works vying for the Media.Art.Research Award.
u19 – freestyle computing, Austria's largest computer competition for young people, proved its popularity once again this year by attracting 830 project submissions. Entrants represented all nine Austrian provinces; leading the way were Vienna and Upper Austria. Female participants slightly outnumbered their male colleagues 594 to 567.
The number of entries in detail
Computer Animation/Film/VFX: 586
Digital Communities: 222
Digital Musics: 580
Interactive Art: 377
Hybrid Art: 405
u19 – freestyle computing: 830
Media.Art.Research Award: 75
Total number of entrants: 4,056
u19 entrants (included in the figure above): 1,161
Prize Money
Total: € 115,000
5 Golden Nicas: € 10,000 each
Golden Nica in u19: € 5,000
10 Awards of Distinction: € 5,000 each
2 Awards of Distinction in u19: € 2,000 each
2 Merchandise Prizes in u19: € 500 each
Media.Art.Research Award: € 5,000
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