Prix ​​Ars Electronica

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Golden Nicas of the 2013 award ceremony

The Prix ​​Ars Electronica ( Prix : French for “price”, Ars : Latin for “art”) is a culture award that has been advertised since 1987 as part of the Ars Electronica Festival for Art , Technology and Society by the organizer ORF Upper Austria and the Province of Upper Austria . The “Golden Nica” will be awarded in the Brucknerhaus in Linz on the Danube . The trophy is modeled after the Nike of Samothrace , a statue of the ancient Greek goddess of victory Nike .

The aim of the Prix Ars Electronica is to show that the computer and digital technology have long become important tools for artists and creative people. Computer art should not only be understood in connection with computer culture and network culture , but also in interaction with current social and technological developments.

The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important prizes in the field of electronic art and culture worldwide. Each Golden Nica is endowed with prize money of 10,000 euros (up to 2001: 100,000  schillings ), making it one of the most highly endowed awards in this area.

The Ars Electronica Festival with the Prix Ars Electronica, together with the Ars Electronica Center (AEC) and the Linz Klangwolke, has made a significant contribution to the change in the image of the city of Linz from an industrial location to a center of contemporary and future-oriented art.

Winner of the Golden Nicas

  • Prize winner 1996

  • 2008 award winners

  • Prize winner 2009

  • Award winner 2010
    (with ASIMO )

  • Prize winner 2012

  • Prize winner 2013

Interactive Art

André and Michel Décosterd, Interactive Art 2013 winners

The prizes for this category have been awarded since 1990. This category includes a wide variety of works from installations and performances, typically with audience participation, virtual reality, multimedia and telecommunications.

  • Julius von Bismarck (2008)

  • Timo Toots (2012)

Digital Music & Sound Art

Nicolas Bernier, winner of Digital Music & Sound Art 2013

This category is for anyone who makes electronic music and sound art through digital tools. From 1987 to 1998 this category was called Computer Music . In 1987 two honorary Nicas were awarded. In 1990 no Golden Nica was awarded and in 1991 the category was completely absent. In 2012 the title was expanded to include Sound Art in order to better reflect the spectrum of content.

  • The reactable team (2008)

  • Jo Thomas (2012)

Internet categories

Golden Nica for Creative Commons (2004)

Interesting web-based projects were awarded in the categories World Wide Web (1995–1996) and .net (1997–2000). The criteria are web-specific, community-oriented identity and interactivity. In 2001, the category was broadened and named Net Vision / Net Excellence as an award for innovations in the area of ​​online media.

  • World wide web

Computer graphics

This category was awarded from 1987 to 1994 and was open to computer graphics from different fields - art, culture, science and research. Computer-generated graphics that were created through individual programming of computers or the creative use of available computer programs could be submitted.

Digital communities

El Campo de Cebada, Digital Communities Award 2013

This category was introduced in 2004, on the 25th anniversary of the festival. The first award ceremony took place in New York to underline the international orientation of the Prix Ars Electronica. One of the two statues was given to Wikipedia at the time. SAP AG is involved as the main sponsor of the category .

  • Danny Wool, representative of Wikipedia (2004)

  • Iris Wu, representative of the project 1kg more / 1kg.org (2008)

  • Tim Pritlove, representative of the Chaos Computer Club (2010)

  • Sherien Al-Hayek, representative of the Syrian People Know Their Way project (2012)

Computer animation / film / visual effects

Memo Akten and Quayola, Prize Winner Computer Animation / Film / VFX 2013

The Computer Animation category was awarded from 1987 to 1997 and renamed Computer Animation / Visual Effects in 1998 . It is open to computer animation from various fields - art, culture, science, and entertainment. Computer-generated films that have been created through the individual programming of computers or the creative use of available computer programs can be submitted. Digital integration of or combination with traditionally produced film material is permitted.

  • Jeff Desom (2012)

Hybrid Art

Koen Vanmechelen, Hybrid Art Prize 2013

Awards in this category were awarded for the first time in 2007. Works that are particularly characterized by the combination of different media and genres can be submitted.

  • HEHE - Helen Evans, Heiko Hansen (2008)

  • Joe Davis (2012)

U19 - freestyle computing

Dominik Koller, winner of u19 - freestyle computing 2013

In this category, created in 1998, works by children and young people residing in Austria are honored.

  • 1998 - TITANIC - the film by Michael Mossburger, Florian Nehonsky and Valerian Wurzer
  • 1999 - (conspirat.) By Raimund Schumacher and Jürgen Oman
  • 2000 - Harvey by Verena Riedl and Michaela Hermann
  • 2001 - JIND by Markus Triska
  • 2002 - TI-92 from Karola Hummer
  • 2003 - Rubberduck by Georg Sochurek
  • 2004 - GPS: Tron by Thomas Winkler
  • 2005 - Rennacs Studies by Markus Sucher
  • 2006 - Adventure to work by Ehrentraud Hager, Alexander Niederklapfer, David Wurm, Magdalena Wurm | Krmpf Krmpf Studios
  • 2007 - VoIP wiki by Daniel Robinig, Manuel Salzmann and Matthäus Spindelböck ( HTL Mössingerstraße )
  • 2008 - Homesick by Nana Susanne Thurner
  • 2009 - In the depths of Matej Petrek
  • 2010 - Automated rotary soccer table by Stefan Polic and Michael Moitzi ( Higher Technical Federal Training and Research Institute Graz-Gösting )
  • 2011 - Weltherberge Schulhaus from the HBLA for Artistic Design Linz and HTBLA Leonding
  • 2012 - state of revolution by Agnes Aistleitner
  • 2013 - Visual: Drumset by Dominik Koller
  • 2014 - Femme Chanel - Emma Fennel by Sarah Oos
  • 2015 - Inside & Between by Gabriel Radwan

  • Nana Susanne Thurner, u19 award winner 2008

  • Agnes Aistleitner, u19 award winner 2012

Further prizes and grants

Media.Art.Research Award

Awarded by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Media.Art.Research. excellent theoretical work is honored here.

  • 2006 - AQUAplay by Himanshu Khatri (IN)
  • 2007 - Exe.cut [up] able statements - Poetic calculations and phantasms by Florian Cramer (DE / NL)
  • 2008 - Interact or Die! by Arjen Mulder (NL)
  • 2009 - Eye hEar: Music, Art, Film & the Culture of Synaesthesia by Simon Shaw-Miller (UK)

[the next idea] Art and Technology Grant

Hyperform project (2013)

In this special category, Ars Electronica, in cooperation with voestalpine, awards grants for future-oriented, but not yet implemented concepts in the fields of art, design or technology.

  • Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud (2012)

Collide @ CERN

Julius von Bismarck
Bill Fontana

The artist in residence program Collide @ CERN was created in 2011, initially for three years . In cooperation with CERN , artists have the opportunity to carry out projects directly in the research facility over a period of up to three months.

OHMI-Ars Electronica Prize

toggle-key saxophone (2013)

Since 2013, in cooperation with the OHMI ( One-Handed Musical Instruments) foundation, innovations in the field of musical instrument making have been awarded in this category , which are intended to enable the physically handicapped to play instruments with one hand at a professional level.

Web links

Commons : Prix Ars Electronica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.boschsimons.com/krachtgever/
  2. ^ Hans Tutschku (DE) Awarded Prix Ars Electronica 1998
  3. ↑ CERN and Ars Electronica: Collide @ CERN ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / arts.web.cern.ch
  4. ↑ Collide @ CERN: Daring to do - the final event by Julius von Bismarck, CERN's first artist in residence
  5. ^ The One-Handed Musical Instruments Trust