The works screened by the Ars Electronica Animation Festival have been selected from among the most outstanding entries to this year’s Prix Ars Electronica. They display excellence with respect to both content and design, and impressively get across both how expansively the genre has grown as well as the extent to which it already pervades our everyday life—in visible form as digital animation or disguised as simulation.

A Broad Spectrum

In addition to the entertainment industry and computer gaming sector, moving pictures from the computer have long been mainstays in art, industry and science. Accordingly diversified are the 10 programs of this year’s Ars Electronica Animation Festival—including traditional narrative features, abstract experimental works, interactive films, installations and façade projections.
One program lineup features terriffic works of computer animation submitted to the Prix u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD category; another showcases the best of the Japan Media Arts Festival.

The Individual Lineups

— The Experimental program is a collection of innovative design forays in various forms and genres—for instance, works produced in blog format as serial animation by multiple artists.
— Music & Images showcases the various modes of interplaying sights and sounds: experimental works configuring interaction between the image and the audio as well as conventional music videos.
— The Narration program spotlights the fact that the short narrative film has carved out a place for itself in the field of computer animation and in digital filmmaking as a whole in recent years.
— The films selected for the Mental States lineup describe sensitive and highly personal mental states and give accounts of people in states of acute emergency.
— Sex and Violence: Sexual obsessions, violent fantasies, blood, death and persecution dominate the Late Night lineup. Appropriate for viewers with strong nerves!
— The works screened in Advertisement & VFX highlight the possibilities that have been opened up by open source thinking, and the alternatives to major studio productions in the film industry and the computer game sector.
— High-performance projection technology and software packages have made it possible to bring excellent 3-D visualizations to urban public spaces. Expanded Digital Animation offers a taste.
— Memories showcases what has always been animation’s strong suit: the visualization of worlds of feeling and remembrance.

There’s a detailed and comprehensive program brochure especially for the Ars Electronica Animation Festival.

Sun 8.9. 10:00-21:00
OK im OÖ Kulturquartier

A concert by the prizewinners in the 2013 Prix Ars Electronica’s Digital Musics & Sound Art category—Nicolas Bernier (CA), Chris Carlson (US) and SjQ++ (JP)—wraps up Ars Electronica Music Day.

Mon 9. 9. 19:30 – 21:00
Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal

A total of 4,071 entries from 73 countries were submitted for prize consideration to the 2013 Prix Ars Electronica. The prizewinners will be honored at the Ars Electronica Gala on September 6, 2013 at the Brucknerhaus in Linz.

Fri 6.9. 18.30
Brucknerhaus

Winners

Computer Animation/Film/VFX
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
Quayola (IT), Memo Akten (TR): Forms
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
La Mécanique du Plastique (FR): Duku Spacemarines
Emma De Swaef (BE), Marc James Roels (BE) / Beast Animation: Oh Willy…
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Christian Schulze (DE), Moritz Palnstorfer (AT): Ars Rata
Kyle Mowat (CA): BALLPIT
Andrew Thomas Huang (US): Björk – Mutual Core 0:05:21
Don Hertzfeldt (US): It’s Such a Beautiful Day
Daniel Moshel (DE) / Moshel Film: Metube: August sings Carmen ‘Habanera’
Jérémy Clapin (FR) / Papy3D productions: Palmipedarium
Kyra Buschor (CH), Anna Habermehl (DE), Constantin Paeplow (DE): Rollin’ Safari
Carl Burton (US): Shelter
Philipp Artus (DE): Snail Trail
Chris Landreth (CA): Subconscious Password
Te-Yu Liu (TW): the Carousel Family
NERDWORKING (TR): UNDER AN ALIAS
Jury: Tomek Bagiński (PL), Chris Bregler (DE/US), Suzanne Buchan (CH/UK), David O’Reilly (IE/US), Anezka Sebek (US)

Digital Musics and Sound Art
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
Nicolas Bernier (CA): frequencies (a)
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
SjQ++ (JP): SjQ++
Chris Carlson (US): Borderlands Granular
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Typingmonkeys (JP): 0b0000.tms
Mark Malmberg (US): ALBIREO2.1
Michael Edwards (UK): altogether disproportionate
Simon Katan (UK): Cube with Magic Ribbons
Suguru Goto (JP): Duali
Roberto Pugliese (IT): Equilibrium Variant
AGF (DE) & Various: Gedichterbe
Grischa Lichtenberger (DE) / raster-noton. archiv für ton und nichtton: Grischa Lichtenberger. and VI (inertia)
Nicolás Varchausky (AR): LA BIBLIOTECA CIEGA
Intermedia Chef (KR): The Half
Yuri Suzuki (JP/UK): The Sound of the Earth
Christoph März, Edgardo Gómez, Rafael Santiago, Volodomyr Taranovych, Silje Nes, Jan Brauer, Christian Losert, Dusan Bracic, Anna Bogner, Nicolas Probst, Michel Wähling, Jessica Ekomane, Thomas Maier und/and Robert Henke (DE): Works for Wave Field Synthesis
Jury: Ludger Brümmer (DE), Electric Indigo (AT), Emre Erkal (TR), Jeff Mills (US), Pamela Z (US)

Interactive Art
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
Michel Décosterd (CH), André Décosterd (CH): Pendulum Choir
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
rAndom International (UK): Rain Room
Masaki Fujihata (JP): Voices of Aliveness
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Hernán Kerlleñevich (AR), Mene Savasta Alsina (AR): AHORA. A song in the Hypertemporal Surface
Daniel Rozin (US): Angles Mirror
Playmodes (ES), MID (ES): Blaus
Matt Richardson (US): Descriptive Camera
Kawarga Dmitry & Elena (RU): Down with Wrestlers with Systems and Mental Nonadapters!
James Bridle (UK): Dronestagram
Marnix de Nijs (NL): Exploded Views 2.0
Olivier Bau (FR), Yuri Suzuki (JP), Ivan Poupyrev (RU): Ishin-Den-Shin
neurowear (JP): necomimi
Perfume (Aa-CHAN, KASHIYUKA, NOCCHi) (JP), Daito Manabe (JP), Mikiko (JP), Yasutaka Nakata (JP), Satoshi Horii (JP), Hiroyasu Kimura(JP): Perfume Global Site Project
David Allan Rueter (US): The Kuramoto Model (1,000 Fireflies)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX): Voice Array
Jury: Mariano Sardón (AR), Olga Shishko (RU), Jer Thorp (CA/US), Maholo Uchida (JP), José Luis de Vicente (ES)

Hybrid Art
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
Koen Vanmechelen (BE): The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
Tania Candiani (MX): FIVE VARIATIONS OF PHONIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND A PAUSE
Phil Ross (US): Mycotecture
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Kuai Shen (EC/DE): 0h!m1gas: biomimetic stridulation environment
Matt Hope (UK): Breathing Bike
David Glowacki (US), Phil Tew (UK), Laura Kriefman (UK), Joseph Hyde (UK), Thomas Mitchell (UK), Lisa May Thomas (UK), Emma Harrie (UK): Hidden Fields
Maja Smrekar (SI): Hu.M.C.C. – Human Molecular Colonization Capacity
Dmitry Gelfand (NL), Evelina Domnitch (NL): MEMORY VAPOR
Mick Lorusso (US): Microbial Schöppingen
Sputniko! (JP/UK): Nanohana Heels – Healing Fukushima
Gilberto Esparza (MX): Nomadic Plants
Chris Salter (US/QC/CA) mit/with Sofian Audry (QC/CA), Marije Baalman (NL), Adam Basanta (QC/CA), Elio Bidinost(QC/CA), Thomas Spier (DE): N_Polytope: Behaviors in Light and Sound After Iannis Xenakis
Thomas Feuerstein (AT): PANCREAS
Paul Vanouse (US): Suspect Inversion Center
Louis-Philippe Demers (CA/SG): The Blind Robot
Jury: Andrea Grover (US), Jens Hauser (DE/FR), Jurij Krpan (SI), Arthur I. Miller (UK), Karin Ohlenschläger (DE/ES)

Digital Communities
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
El Campo de Cebada (ES): El Campo de Cebada
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
Christopher Mikkelsen (DK), David Mikkelsen (DK): Refugees United
Visualizing Palestine (PS): Visualizing Palestine
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Jepchumba (US/KE): African Digital Art Network
Gerald Kogler (AT), Derivart (ES), Jordi Puig (ES): Casastristes
Anusha Yadav (UK): Indian Memory Project
Swati Ramanathan (IN): ipaidabribe.com – Crowdsourcing Against Corruption
Daniel “hromi” Hromada (SK), Marek “freezy” Viger (SK), Tomas “maniac” Halgas (SK), Niekt0 (SK), Kybu (SK), Harvie (CZ): Kyberia
Lucas Bambozzi (BR), Gisela Domschke (BR): Labmovel
metropolitalia (DE): Metropolitalia
Koichiro Eto & NicoNicoGakkai Beta Executive Committee (JP): NicoNicoGakkai Beta
Mladen Adamovic (RS): Numbeo – cost of living
Alabs (ES): oiga.me, a platform for citizenship’s lobby
Seeed Studio (CN): Seeed Studio – Open Hardware Facilitator
Hidenori Watanave (JP): The East Japan Earthquake Archive
Special Mention
Aaron Swartz (US)
Jury: Ian Banerjee (IN/AT), Lei Yang (CN), Leila Nachawati (ES), Marcus Neustetter (AT/ZA), Bruce Sterling (US)

u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD
Goldene Nica – Golden Nica
Dominik Koller (AT): Visual:Drumset
Auszeichnung – Award of Distinction
Isidor Dietrich (AT): Destino/ facebook/ BluCar/ Nur Kreide
HLFS Ursprung (AT) mit 25 TeilnehmerInnen/with 25 participants: Soilution – Erde mit Zukunft
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
HBLA für künstlerische Gestaltung Linz (AT) mit 35 TeilnehmerInnen/with 35 participants: Schulgedächtnis – Eine interaktive Rauminstallation
Christoph Auer, Kristina Cvetkovska, Melanie Eder, Nicolla Ivanov, Matus Porubsky, Fabian Zechmeister, Jan Kuschel, Raffael Hagleitner (BRG Kandlgasse Wien / AT): Modern Media Guide
Sabine Bischinger, Barbara Pfaller, Madlen Weingartner, Razila Semic, Melisa Mujcinovic, Ines Tiefenbacher, Karoline-Melpomeni-Hermine Schager (BRG Horn / AT): KOMPOSITUR
Kübra Börekci, Chiara Fürpass, Tunahan Harmankaya, Ali Özenir, Ana Protrka, Atilla Kahraman (BRG/ORG Henriettenplatz Wien / AT): Gekommen, um zu bleiben: Zur falschen Zeit im falschen Land
Johannes Egger, Patrick Maier, Dražen Petrović, Simon Zigala (HTL Anichstraße Innsbruck / AT): Biogas für Burkina Faso
Michael Dunkel, Nikolaus Müller, Georg Schneider, Philipp Unger (HTL Rennweg Wien / AT): stop war – start thinking
Simon Stix (AT): Dictatorship of Perfection
Elisabeth Bloder (BRG Kepler Graz / AT): A Moving Picture
Gabriel Krög (HTL Vöcklabruck / AT): Konstruktion eines Fortbewegungsmittels nach dem Vorbild einer Ameise
Lena Sophia Wagner (AT): Massageschulranzen
Sachpreis U14 – Merchandise Prize U14
Florian Bührle (AT): Feldversuche
Sachpreis U10 – Merchandise Prize U10
Sasan Hoseini (AT), Arian Hoseini (AT): Lernprogramme für die Volkschule
Jury: Sirikit Amann (AT), Benjamin Brockhaus (DE), Gerhard Funk (AT), Conny Lee (AT), Karl Markovics (AT)

[the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant
[the next idea] Stipendium – Grant
Marcelo Coelho (BR), Skylar Tibbits (US), Natan Linder (IL), Yoav Reches (IL): Hyperform
Anerkennung – Honorary Mentions
Martin Riddiford (UK), Jim Reeves (UK): GravityLight
Jury: Michael Doser (AT/CH), Horst Hörtner (AT), Ela Kagel (DE), Gustav Pomberger (AT), Michael Sterrer-Ebenführer (AT)

Pursuant to its traditional commitment to electronic music, Ars Electronica dedicates a full program to this genre of such tremendous importance to media art. Ars Electronica Music Day staged in and around the Brucknerhaus is a platform for sound art, radio art, sound sculptures and sound installations. The concert halls and Linz’s riverside Donaupark become sound & action spaces for listening sessions, performances, speeches and conversations.

Electronic All-Request Concert

The Listening Post gets the music started in the AM. Their motto: Your wish is our command! This extravagant all-request show serves up a potpourri from the Digital Musics & Sound Art archive of Prix-Ars Electronica.

Prix Forum V – Digital Musics & Sound Art

Kicking off this live performance are 2013 prizewinners in Prix Ars Electronica’s Digital Musics & Sound Art category. Artists Nicolas Bernier (CA), Chris Carlson (US) and SjQ++ (JP) will present their works in talks and discuss current trends and developments with Prix juror Electric Indigo (AT).
Next up is Werner Jauk (AT), a prominent musical theoretician and practitioner in Graz, who will deliver a special lecture entitled Music and Media Arts on the mediatizing of music and sound.

TOTAL RECALL: Special Perfomances

Ars Electronica Music Day will also feature several objects of a musical nature that are part of the TOTAL RECALL exhibition. Artists Brian House (US), Yuri Suzuki (JP) and Michelle Ngai (JP) awill personally present their works and play installations including The Sound of the Earth, Device Playing: Cassette Recorder II, and Quotidian Record.

Sound Is the Memory of Space

Now hear this: the Klangwolke’s high-performance sound system is being put in the service of sound art and its fine tonal and musical fabrics. Sound is the Memory of Space is a “sonic memory sculpture” that the German-Austrian label MF.Redman will acoustically erect in Donaupark. The construction components include sound & music collages containing material from international historical sound archives.

Listen and Play

The superb acoustics of the Main Hall will provide a very special setting for Listen and Play, presentations, performances and demos by Daito Manabe (JP) and Satoru Higa (JP), Roberto Paci Dalò (IT) and Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger (AT). They’ll deliver audible impressions of their work with music and sound.

Digital Musics in Concert

Taking the stage for the evening program entitled Digital Musics in Concert are Prix Ars Electronica prizewinners Nicolas Bernier (CA), Chris Carlson (US) and SjQ++ (JP). A presentation of the games developed in the Game Jam and a performance by Station Rose (AT) in the Tabakfabrik conclude the evening and the festival.

Mon 9. 9. 10:30 – 21:00
Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal, Großer Saal, Donaupark, Tabakfabrik

Brucknerhaus, Mittlerer Saal

10:30 – 17:00 Listening Post: Sie wünschen, wir spielen – Wunschkonzert aus dem Archiv des Prix Ars Electronica

Klangpark am Donauufer

10:30 – 19:00 “Sound is the Memory of Space” – a sonic memory sculpture von MFRedman (A/D)

Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal

11:30 – 13:00 Prix Forum Digital Musics & Sound Art
14:00 – 15:00 Special Lecture Werner Jauk – “Music and Media Arts“
15:00 – 17:00 Listen and Play – Präsentationen, Performances, Demos von Wolfgang “Fadi” Dorninger, Roberto Paci Dalo, Daito Manabe, TOTAL RECALL: Performances
19:30 – 21:00 Digital Musics in Concert – Prix Ars Electronica PreisträgerInnen-Konzert

Tabakfabrik

21:30 Station Rose