Alessandro Bavari – ORIGIN

Prix Forum IV – Computer Animation / Film / VFX

Michael Knoll — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:01:06 +0000

The prize winners in the Computer Animation category

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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)
Christine Schöpf (AT)

Ars Electronica Gala

Michael Knoll — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:59:57 +0000

An evening totally dedicated to the artists themselves. The 2011 Ars Electronica Gala featuring the presentation of the Golden Nicas to the Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners is one of the Festival’s highlights.

Please note that due to the limited seats you will need a separate invitation or a seat reservation for the Gala.

The Golden Nicas and Prizes go to:

Metachaos

Alessandro Bavari (IT)
Golden Nica Computer Animation / Film /VFX

Energy Field

Jana Winderen (NO)
Golden Nica Digital Musics & Sound Art

May the Horse Live in me

Art Orienté Objet: Marion Laval-Jeantet (FR), Benoît Mangin (FR)
Golden Nica Hybrid Art

Newstweek

Julian Oliver (NZ), Danja Vasiliev (RU)
Golden Nica Interactive Art

Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente

Golden Nica Digital Communities

Weltherberge Schulhaus

HBLA für Künstlerische Gestaltung Linz / HTL Leonding
Golden Nica u19 Create Your World

Choke Point Project

P2P Foundation (NL)
Winner [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant

Musicians & Machines – Big Concert Night

Michael Knoll — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:57:10 +0000

Schedule

Lentos, Auditorium
19:30: Winfried Ritsch (AT): Heptaklavier
Peter Ablinger (AT): Portrait meiner Eltern

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
20:30: Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dante Anzolini (Dirigent / AR)
Edgar Varèse: Arcana für großes Orchester
Alessandro Bavari (IT): Metachaos
Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dante Anzolini (Dirigent / AR)
Friedrich Cerha: Monumentum für Karl Prantl für großes Orchester

Donaupark
21:15 Edgar Varèse: Diverse elektroakustische Arbeiten

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
21:40: Open Reel Ensemble (JP)
22:40: Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dante Anzolini (Dirigent / AR)
Dante Anzolini: Principio Passionis

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal
22:50: Martin Messier (CA), Nicolas Bernier (CA): La chambre des machines

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
23:20: Bruckner Orchester Linz (AT), Dante Anzolini (Dirigent / AR)
Alan Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain op. 132

The ninth edition of the big concert evening will be a return to the origins – those of electronic music – and a look ahead to the new musical spaces being carved out by the pioneers of the present. Heptapiano is an installation and composition by Winfried Ritsch (AT) for seven robotically played pianos centrally controlled via ethernet. Peter Ablinger (AT) will then also make use of two of Ritsch’s self-playing pianos in his very personal work entitled Portrait meiner Eltern. The sound material transferred to the twin concert grands is based on a recording of the voices of Ablinger’s parents as they prayed their daily rosary. Under the direction of Argentine conductor and composer Dante Anzolini – whose tribute to his musical roots entitled Principio Passionis is on the program – the Bruckner Orchestra Linz will play works by such great musical innovators as Edgar Varèse (1883–1965), Friedrich Cerha (born 1926) and Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000). Alessandro Bavari (IT), a 2011 Prix Ars Electronica 2011 prizewinner, will present his work Metachaos. For this performance well worth seeing and hearing, Japan’s Open Reel Ensemble has converted an analog recording device into a sound-producing instrument, and plays on (or with) magnetic tape machines salvaged from technological retirement. Nicolas Bernier (CA) and Martin Messier (CA) have created a machine house: La chambre des machines (Prix Ars Electronica 2011, Honorary Mention, Digital Musics & Sound Art). It mechanically-electronically interprets the intonarumoris noise machine thought up by Italian futurist Luigi Russolo. The music performed in this big concert evening will once again be accompanied by extraordinary visualizations: Rainer Kohlberger (AT) will visualize Arcana by Edgar Varèse; Sebastian Neitsch (DE), Refik Anadol (TR), Woeishi Lean (AT) and Efe Mert Kaya (TR) the music of Friedrich Cerha; LIA (AT) optically interprets Dante Anzolini; and Daito Manabe (JP) will collaborate with Motoi Ishibashi (JP) and Satoru Higa (JP) on visualizing Alan Hovhaness’ composition.

The work of Peter Ablinger and Winfried Ritsch is being supported by Klavierhaus Fiedler & Sohn, Am Eisernen Tor 2, 8010 Graz

OK Electronic Theatre

Michael Knoll — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:53:57 +0000

The Electronic Theater is a fascinating presentation of all 15 prizewinning works in the 2011 Prix Ars Electronica’s Computer Animation / Film / VFX category. Among the highlights are Metachaos by Alessandro Bavari (IT) (Golden Nica), THE EXTERNAL WORLD by David O‘Reilly (IR) (Award of Distinction) and Black Rain by Semiconductor (UK).

Filming and photographing during the Electronic Theater screenings is prohibited.

OK Electronic Theatre at Hauptplatz

Michael Knoll — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:52:03 +0000

Filming and photographing during the Electronic Theater screenings is prohibited.

Prix Forum

Michael Knoll — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:38:43 +0000

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)