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Inspired, Educated and Entertained: Jury Statement – Net Vision / Net Excellence

From personal websites to projects on data visualization, from social comments to the excellent use of currently available technologies – the entries at this year's Prix Ars Electronica's category Net Vision / Net Statement covered a vast arena of online creativity and innovation.

The jury members of the Net Vision / Net Excellence all entered the Jury session this year with high expectations. They had high hopes for the level of entry and we were expecting a difficult time in choosing our selections. And, those high hopes were met by a number of the projects entered, and their choices were difficult to reach. Heated discussion about the individual merits of projects dominated our meeting days. But, overall the Jury felt that there is serious room for the diversification of next year’s entries. There were many projects that followed similar themes – predominantly data visualization – and the Jury feels that there is much more out there that deserves consideration as well.

This category is split into two separate sections which are aptly named. Net Vision and Net Excellence cover a vast arena of online creativity and innovation, next year we hope that this is better reflected in the scope of the entries. So, tell all your friends, acquaintances and colleagues, the gauntlet has been thrown down and awaits the challenge.

This year’s prize winners and runners-up are, without fail, the cream of the crop. The quality of these projects is easy to see, and the creativity is hard to match. The wide variance of technologies used shows that the Internet is an ever-changing place and open to new innovation all the time. From the social comments made by They Rule to the excellent use of currently available technologies by BotFighters it’s easy to see why they were chosen. Please review the list of winners and runners-up, and look at the projects in turn – online if possible. Be inspired, educated and entertained – just as we were.

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Re: Inspired, Educated and Entertained: Jury Statement – Net Vision / Net Excellence ( / 2003/1/29 4:02:03 PM)