1. Prix Ars Electronica
2001 : Nominations are settled - the winners are still a secret
2.195 works from 62 countries were entered this year in the
15th edition of the Prix Ars Electronica. With 18 nominations, the
Prix Ars Electronica 2001, conducted by the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studio, goes into the final round.
It is still a secret, which of the works will receive the money
prizes amounting to roughly one and a half million schillings (Euro
100.000), especially who will receive the sought-after main prizes,
the 6 Golden Nicas, and it will remain a secret until the Awards
Presentation during the Ars Electronica Festival
on Monday, September 3!
Until that time, the names of the winners selected by the jurors
in a secret vote will remain in a sealed envelope - but the 18 nominations
are already published.
2. An Overview of the Nominations
The following 18 works and projects
have been nominated for the Prix Ars Electronica 2001:
Computer Animation/Visual Effects
* Ralph Eggleston; Pixar Animation Studios (USA): For The Birds
* Laetitia Gabrielli, Pierre Marteel, Mathieu Renoux, Max Tourret;
Supinfocom (Frankreich): L'Enfant de la Haute Mer
* Xavier de l'Hermuziere, Philippe Grammaticopoulos; Supinfocom
(Frankreich):
Le Processus
Digital Musics
* Markus Popp; oval (Deutschland): ovalprocess/ovalcommers
* Ryoji Ikeda; David Metcalfe Associates (Großbritannien):
Matrix
* Blectum from Blechdom; Haus de Snaus and Tigerbeat 6 (USA): The
Messy Jesse Fiesta
Interactive Art
* association.creation (Österreich): bump
* Carsten Nicolai, Marco Peljhan; Artlab Canon Inc.-Project Atol
(Deutschland/Slowenien/Japan): polar
* Haruki Nishijima; IAMAS (Japan): Remain in Light
Net Vision
* Sebastien Kochman; team cHmAn (Frankreich): Banja, the online
game http://www.banja.com
* Yuki Naja; Sonic Team (USA): Phantasy Star Online http://www.sega.com/sega/game/pso_launch.jhtml
* Neeraj Jhanji; ImaHima Inc. (Japan): ImaHima http://shiva.imahima.com
Net Excellence
* Chris McGrail; Kleber (Großbritannien): Warp Records http://warprecords.com
* Joshua Davis; maruto (USA): PRAYSTATION http://www.praystation.com
* Brian McGrath; The Skyscraper Museum (USA): Manhattan Timeformations
http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations
cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing
* Martin Leonhartsberger, Gramastetten (Oberösterreich): Power
Sphere
* Johannes Schiehsl, Conrad Tambour und Peter Strobl; Enzesfeld
(Niederösterreich): Professor Brösl
* Markus Triska; Langenzersdorf (Niederösterreich): JIND
An Overview of the Honorary Mentionsand further information you
will find at *Prix*.
3. Entries in the redefined Internet category
In this 15th year of the competition, the Internet section was expanded
and given a whole new concept, in order to provide a platform in contrast
to the discussions of e-commerce, start-ups and e-business, which
are currently very one-sided. This platform is intended to enable
presentations and discussions of the Internet in its cultural entirety.
A team of 19 international top experts agreed to help achieve this.
With 442 entries mailed in (a total of 700 registered online), there
were more works submitted to the newly defined category Net Vision/Net
Excellence than ever before.
4. Prix Ars Electronica
Gala, Cyberarts 2001 and Artists' Forum
Prix Ars Electronica Gala
The Awards Presentation of the Prix Ars Electronica will take place
in conjunction with the Ars Electronica Festival on Monday,
3 September 2001 at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio.
It will be broadcast live via the satellite program 3sat.
Cyberarts 2001
A selection of the best works of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 will
be exhibited starting Saturday, 1 September
2001 at the O.K Center for Contemporary Art in Linz.
Prix Ars Electronica Forum
During the two-day artists' discussion on 4
and 5 September 2001, the prize winners (Golden Nica and
Awards of Distinction) will personally present their works to the
audience at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio in Linz.
The next announcement update will appear on June
22. The focus will be the programme of Ars Electronica 2001
- TAKEOVER who's doing the art of tomorrow.
Ars Electronica 2001
Organization:
Ars Electronica Center Linz und ORF - Landesstudio Oberösterreich
Co-Organizers: Brucknerhaus Linz, O.K. - Centrum für Gegenwartskunst
Sponsors of Ars Electronica 2001:
Compaq Oesterreich GesmbH, Gericom, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Österreichische
Brauunion, Oracle, Quelle, SGI, Siemens AG, jet2web, Telekom Austria
AG
Donators of the prizes and sponsors of the
Prix Ars Electronica:
jet2web Internet, jet2web Datakom, P.S.K., VOEST-ALPINE STAHL, Stadt
Linz, Land Oberösterreich
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