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The book documenting the works that won the 2014 Prix Ars Electronica features numerous pictures and texts by the artists and jury members. The DVD contains a selection of prizewinning submissions dealing with current trends. Since its founding in 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been an annual barometer of tendencies in digital art and has taken on a pioneering role in discovering artistic innovations. International experts evaluate thousands of submissions to the categories of "Computer Animation/Film/VFX," "Digital Music & Sound Art," "Interactive Art," "Digital Communities," "[the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant," and the special youth competition "u19-CREATE YOUR WORLD." Furthermore, the book also presents the winning projects of the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Award, the new artist-in-residence program sponsored by CERN and Ars Electronica, and the newly created Golden Nica for »Visionary Pioneers of Media Art«.
Festival Ars Electronica, Linz 4.-8.9.2014
About the author
Hannes Leopoldseder, geboren 1940, Mitbegründer der Ars Electronica und Initiator des "Prix Ars Electronica". 1974 - 1998 Landesintendant des ORF Oberösterreich, seit 1998 Informationsintendant ORF Wien.
Christine Schöpf, Studium der Germanistik und Romanistik; seit 1981 Leiterin des Ressorts Kultur/Wissenschaft im ORF Oberösterreich, Schwerpunkt Ars Electronica, seit 1987 Prix Ars Electronica.
Gerfried Stocker, geboren 1964, Medienkünstler, Musiker, Ingenieur für Nachrichtentechnik. 1991 Gründung von x-space. Seit 1995 Geschäftsführer und künstlerischer Leiter des Ars Electronica Center.
Summary
The book documenting the works that won the 2014 Prix Ars Electronica features numerous pictures and texts by the artists and jury members. The DVD contains a selection of prizewinning submissions dealing with current trends. Since its founding in 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been an annual barometer of tendencies in digital art and has taken on a pioneering role in discovering artistic innovations. International experts evaluate thousands of submissions to the categories of "Computer Animation/Film/VFX,” “Digital Music & Sound Art,” “Interactive Art,” “Digital Communities,” “[the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant,” and the special youth competition “u19—CREATE YOUR WORLD.” Furthermore, the book also presents the winning projects of the Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN Award, the new artist-in-residence program sponsored by CERN and Ars Electronica, and the newly created Golden Nica for »Visionary Pioneers of Media Art«.
Festival Ars Electronica, Linz 4.-8.9.2014
