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Exactly 3,611 entries from 74 countries were submitted for prize consideration to the 25th Prix Ars Electronica—impressive testimony to the global dynamism of digital art and the name the Linz competition has made for
itself worldwide.

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Seven expert juries deliberated to decide the winners of six Golden Nicas, 12 Awards of Distinction, [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant and 74 Honorary Mentions. A total of €117,500 in prize money went to the winners. The official awards ceremony will be part of the Ars Electronica Gala on Friday, September 2nd at 6:30 PM.

Launched in 1987 as a competition for cyberarts, the Prix Ars Electronica plays a major role in the history of Ars Electronica. With continuity over 25 years, interdisciplinarity in seven different categories, an internationality that manifested itself in 3,611 submissions from 74 countries in 2011, and the expertise of 35 jury members, the Prix Ars Electronica is a seismograph for the latest innovations at the interface of art, technology and science, and thus an important barometer of trends in the digital arts. Currently, the Prix Ars Electronica includes everything from digital filmmaking, digital music and sound art, interactive art, hybrid art, community projects, [the next idea] concepts, and works by young people under nineteen.

The works of the winners of this year’s Prix will be shown at the Brucknerhaus.

Prix Forum I – Hybrid Art

03.09.2011 Sa/Sat, 15:00-18:00, Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Hybrid Art category
Art Orienté Objet (FR) – May the Horse Live in Me, 2011 / Golden Nica
Tuur van Balen (BE) – Pigeon d’Or / Award of Distinction
Christin Lahr (DE) – MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL / Award of Distinction

Participants of the Forum
Oron Catts (AU) – Member of the Jury
Marion Laval-Jeantet (FR), Benoît Mangin (FR) (Art Orienté Objet)
Tuur van Balen (BE)
Christin Lahr (DE)
Dimitry Gelfand (NL)

Prix Forum – Hybrid Art is part of the ORIGIN Symposium IV

Prix Forum II – Digital Communities

04.09.2011 So/Sun, 14:00-14:50, 16:20-17:10, Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Digital Communities category
Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente: www.ciudadanointeligente.org / Golden Nica
Bentham Papers Transcription Initiative: www.transcribe-bentham.da.ulcc.ac.uk Award of Distinction
X_MSG: http://xmsg.org.uk / Award of Distinction

Prix Forum – Digital Communities is part of the Public Square Squared Conference

Prix Forum III – Digital Musics & Sound Art

05.09.2011 Mo/Mon, 10:00-11:30, Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category
Jana Winderen (NO) – Energy Field / Golden Nica
Apostolos Loufopoulos (GR) – Bee / Award of Distinction
Philip Jeck (UK) – Suite / Award of Distinction

Participants of the Forum
Susanna Niedermayr (AT) – Member of the Jury
Jana Winderen (NO)
Apostolos Loufopoulos (GR)
Philip Jeck (UK)

Prix Forum IV – Computer Animation / Film / VFX

05.09.2011 Mo/Mon, 12:30-14:00, Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Computer Animation category
Alessandro Bavari (IT) – Metachaos / Golden Nica
Alex Roman (ES) – The Third & The Seventh / Award of Distinction
David O’Reilly (IE) – THE EXTERNAL WORLD / Award of Distinction

Participants of the Forum
Alessandro Bavari (IT)
David O’Reilly (IE)

Prix Forum V – Interactive Art

05.09.2011 Mo/Mon, 14:30-16:00, Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

The prize winners in the Interactive Art category
Julian Oliver (NZ), Danja Vasiliev (RU) – Newstweek / Golden Nica
Paolo Cirio (IT), Alessandro Ludovico (IT) – Face to Facebook – Hacking Monopolism Trilogy / Award of Distinction
Daito Manabe (JP), Motoi Ishibashi (JP) – Rhizomatiks and 4nchor5 La6 – particles / Award of Distinction

Participants of the Forum
Tomoe Moriyama (JP) – Member of the Jury
Julian Oliver (NZ)
Danja Vasiliev (RU)
Paolo Cirio (IT)
Alessandro Ludovico (IT)
Daito Manabe (JP)
Motoi Ishibashi (JP)