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[I am very glad to discover among the nominees Carsten Nicolai, Marko Peljhan; Artlab Canon Inc.-Project Atol (Germany/Slovenia/Japan) and their work "polar" in the Interactive Arts category. As far as I know Marko Peljhan would be the first artist from East Europe who ever won the first prize at Ars Alectronica. I wish good luck to him! With this occasion I wonder whether anybody knows online texts about the Project Atol. The interview made at Hybrid Workspace looks pretty outdated. I know also the work of association.creation; Gemeinn?tziger Verein (Austria): "bump". It is very nice, it is a pity that not everybody notices it on the street, and encounters the fascinating experience of the link between the people in Linz and Budapest. a.b.] WHO WILL TAKE THE GOLDEN NICAS ...? Nominations for the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 are settled - the winners are still a secret Nominations Honorary Mentions Jury Prizes The Nica winners will first be announced at the Prix Gala in the Fall! With 18 nominations, the Prix Ars Electronica 2001, conducted by the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio, goes into the final round. This year, the announcement of the Nica winners is even more exciting: It is still a secret, which of the cyberart works will receive the money prizes amounting to roughly one and a half million schillings (Euro 100.000), donated by jet2web Internet, 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 (see page 3ff). 2.195 works from 62 countries were entered this year in the 15th edition of the most important cyberarts competition with the richest tradition around the world. The scope of the works entered in 2001 ranges from contemporary sound creations, high end special effects in film, interactive installations and robotic applications all the way to sophisticated, future-oriented Internet applications not only from the field of art, but also from research, science and entertainment. The submissions conjoin up-to-date works from top research institutions and renowned special effects studios with individual artistic creations, thus demonstrating the enormous spectrum of digital media creativity today. 15 Years of the Prix Ars Electronica: Continuing on in the direction of the digital age in the future as well "Looking at the 15-year development of the Prix Ars Electronica, particularly in terms of possible future perspectives, the Prix Ars Electronica has the potential to become the Nobel prize of the digital age," says ORF Director of Information Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder, co-founder of the Ars Electronica, whose original idea resulted in the inception of the Prix Ars Electronica in 1987. Top results in the completely redefined Internet category "Net Vision/Net Excellence" 19 international experts nominate the best sites 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. The jury this year was most impressed by online games, the visualization of historical cycles in urban development, I-Mode as a tool for using mobile phones to meet new people, and state-of-the-art flash programming in the categories "Net Vision" and "Net Excellence." Youth category "cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing": The next Prix generation is still on the rise With 856 entries in the youth category "cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing", sponsored by the P.S.K. Austrian Postal Bank, the trend is still upward bound. Opened this year for the fourth time within the Prix Ars Electronica, this competition for young people under the age of 19 in Austria has thus further established its reputation as the leading address for creative and promising young talent in this country. "We are especially proud that the youth category has been part of the Prix Ars Electronica again this year. `cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing' has now been conducted for the fourth time and has once again broken the record for participation. This youth category has been established by the ORF Upper Austria. It demonstrates once again that there is a new, creative generation growing up here with no inhibitions about using the medium of the computer in unorthodox and unconventional ways," states Mag. Kurt Rammerstorfer, Director of the ORF Upper Austrian Regional Studio. 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" This short film tells an astutely humorous story of what can happen, when incongruous partners come together. * Laetitia Gabrielli, Pierre Marteel, Mathieu Renoux, Max Tourret; Supinfocom (France): "L'Enfant de la Haute Mer" In an abandoned town by the sea, a little girl clings to her dreams. * Xavier de l'Hermuziere, Philippe Grammaticopoulos; Supinfocom (France): "Le Processus" In woodcut-like black and white images, the film deals with an individual breaking out of the conformity of a group. Digital Musics * Markus Popp; oval (Germany): "ovalprocess/ovalcommers" * Ryoji Ikeda; David Metcalfe Associates (Great Britain): "Matrix" * Blectum from Blechdom; Haus de Snaus and Tigerbeat 6 (USA): "The Messy Jesse Fiesta" "Ovalprocess" is an interactive sound installation, which consists of an aesthetically sophisticated interface and uninterruptedly plays stored and manipulated sounds, the structure and sequence of which change over the course of time. In his work "Matrix", Ryoji Ikeda uses digital recording processes in the purest and most precise form. Video projections are perfectly synchronized with the music. "The Messy Jesse Fiesta" is "dirty electronic" with humor - the piece is the result of the collaborative work of two women artists with classical music training. Interactive Arts * association.creation; Gemeinn?tziger Verein (Austria): "bump" * Carsten Nicolai, Marco Peljhan; Artlab Canon Inc.-Project Atol (Germany/Slowenien/Japan): "polar" * Haruki Nishijima; IAMAS (Japan): "Remain in Light" With the project "bump" two wooden footbridges-one in Linz and one in Budapest-stand ready as venues of mass public events. When someone walks upon one of these footbridges, the person's own weight triggers an impulse that is sent to the other city via data transmission cable. There, a pneumatic piston raises the corresponding board by a few centimeters. "Polar" is an interactive multimedia installation, which makes it possible to experience the dataflow in global and local networks both sensuously and cognitively. "Remain in Light" is a contemporary version of the insect collectors of the past. The basic material consists of "electronic insects" - which are bits from analog (!) environmental noises, collected in parking lots, in restaurants, in cities, etc. These become an interactive visual environment representing the outside world. Net Vision/Net Excellence Net Vision: * Sebastien Kochman; team cHmAn (France): "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 "Banja" is a trailblazing online game which exploits and impels the possibilities of sophisticated flash programming in a refreshing and previously unattained way. "Phantasy Star Online" is a multi-player game, which opens up new dimensions by successfully linking game consoles with the Internet. The integration of innovative communication modules (like a real-time translation tool, for example) is particularly impressive. "ImaHima" is a site-related application for the Japanese I-Mode standard, which makes the principle of newsgroups mobile and displays people with similar interests and friends, who are just in the near vicinity, to the user on his cell phone display. Net Excellence: * Chris McGrail; Kleber (Great Britain): "Warp Records" http://warprecords.com * Joshua Davis; maruto (USA): "|P|R|A|Y|S|T|A|T|I|O|N|" http://www.praystation.com * Brian McGrath; The Skyscraper Museum (USA): "Manhattan Timeformations" http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations The web site of "Warp Records", one of the most innovative record labels of the electronic music scene, is fascinating because of the style-defining design and a specially developed, efficient online shopping system, which makes it possible for the independent label to distribute its products at a relatively low cost. "Praystation" functions as a kind of distance-learning community, where unconventional ideas of flash programming are explored in a playful, intuitive way and the source code for the developments is made available to the public. "Manhattan Timeformations" is the visualization of the dynamic relationship between Manhattan's skyscrapers and the various factors of urban development. The significant potential of linking information and architecture is impressively demonstrated here. cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing * Martin Leonhartsberger, Gramastetten (Ober?sterreich): "Power Sphere" * Johannes Schiehsl, Conrad Tambour und Peter Strobl; Enzesfeld (Nieder?sterreich): "Professor Br?sl" * Markus Triska; Langenzersdorf (Nieder?sterreich): "JIND" "Power Sphere" is a small Plexiglas ball that is moved by weights in the drive unit. Martin Leonhartsberger took over a former school project to create this phenomenal product - a remote-controlled ball vehicle that even moves at relatively high speed. The game "Professor Br?sl" is a scurrilous graphics adventure, in which the player slips into the role of a professor, who is to save a research center from closure by coming up with the necessary funding. After accomplishing many exciting tasks, the professor realizes that the money will not go to research, but rather to an illegal underground movement. Graphically sophisticated and elaborately designed, the game is fascinating because of the amusing dialogues in dialect form and the exciting scenes with a wild ending. Following intensive studies of theoretical background knowledge, Markus Triska developed this program for a programming competition of the online school newspaper "In and Online." The resultant game "JIND" allows readers of the online newspaper to learn and try out the basics of programming. Using commands, conditions and loops, a playing figure in a labyrinth is given a solution path that is as general as possible. The game can be tried out at http://triskam.virtualave.net/jind.html An Overview of the Honorary Mentions ____________________________________________________________________________ __ The following works are awarded an Honorary Mention in the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 in the form of a certificate: Computer Animation/Visual Effects (12 Honorary Mentions) Titel of the work Name Company Country Synchronicity Hans Uhlig Bay Vista Productions USA The Perfect Storm Stefen Fangmeier Industrial Light + Magic USA Lightmare Robert Seidel Germany Intransit Mike Daly Australian Film TV & Radio School Australia Dice Raw - Thin Line between Raw and Jiggy One Infinity USA Waking Life Bob Sabiston, Tommy Pallotta Flat Black Films USA F8 Jason Wen USA Moving Illustrations of Machines Jeremy Solterbeck USA Le conte du monde flottant Alain Escalle Mistral film France AP 2000 Loic Bail, Aur?lien Delpoux, S?bastien Ebzant, Benjamin Lauwick SUPINFOCOM France KAMI Lionel Catry, Julien Charles, Nicolas Launay, Olivier Pautot SUPINFOCOM France TRICK OR TREATS Candice Clemencet, Jean-Dominique Fievet SUPINFOCOM France Digital Musics (12 Honorary Mentions) Titel of the work Name Country Aaltopiiri Pansonic, Blast First Great Britain Kommen & Gehen Orm Finnendahl Germany Haunted Folklore one/Ruinas Encantadas Lucky Kitchen Spain Above Buildings Janek Schaefer, audiOh Room England Potential Difference Ted Apel USA Highway John Hudak USA Down with the scene Kid 606, Tigerbeat 6 USA Series Richard Chartier USA Attitude Tigerbeat 6 USA Decap Louis Oufort Canada Gearhound Lesser USA Clicks + Cuts 2 Mille Plateaux Germany Interactive Art (11 Honorary Mentions) Titel of the work Name Company/Instution Country Signwave Auto-Illustrator Ade Ward Signwave Great Britain Camera Musica Gerhard Eckel GMD - Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH Germany Floating Eye Hiroo Iwata University of Tsukuba Japan Rakugaki Keiko Takahashi Japan Electronics College Japan Brainball Smart Studio The Interactive Institute Sweden you think therefore I am Magali Desbazeille, Siegfried Canto Fresnoy, studio national des arts contemporains France zgodlocator Herwig Weiser Germany/Austria Autopoiesis Kenneth Rinaldo Emergent Systems USA Spatial Sounds Edwin van der Heide,Marnix de Nijs Netherlands Schmarotzer - Parasites Frank Fietzek Germany RainDance Paul de Marinis USA Net Vision/Net Excellence (16 Honorary Mentions in total) Net Vision (2 Honorary Mentions) Title of Work and URL Name Country micromusic.net, lowtech music for hightech people http://www.micromusic.net Gino Esposto, Mike Burkhardt, Paco Manzanares; micromusic Switzerland Gamelab's games (Blix, Loop) http://www.gmlb.com/games.html Eric Zimmerman, Gabelab Inc. USA Net Excellence (12 Honorary Mentions) Title of Work and URL Name Country The Walker Art Center http://www.walkerart.org Walker Art Center Rhizome.org http://rhizome.org Rhizome 360degrees.org- Perspectives on the U.S. Criminal Justice System http://www.360degrees.org Alison Cornyn, Sue Johnson; Picture Projects USA Kaliber10000 http://www.k10k.net/ Michael Schmidt, Toke Nygaard, Per J?rgensen; Kaliber10000 Great Britain DMG:I.O* vs R3:DEV* http://www.gmunk.com/r3dev Bradley Grosh; gmunkstudio Great Britain austropolis - empower your citizen http://www.austropolis.at Barbara Neumayr; sysis interactive simulations ag Austria BoomBox.net http://www.boombox.net Laurence Desarzens Cannemeijer Switzerland Ultrashock.com http://www.ultrashock.com Ultrashock.com Inc. USA Fucked Company http://www.fuckedcompany.com Philip Kaplan USA Bytes for All, Computing and Internet for the Majority of the World http://www.bytesforall.org Frederik Norona; Bytes for All South Asia Chi-Chian http://www.scifi.com/chichian/ Voltaire; USA Netoworks Interactive/SCIFI.COM USA CUB http://halfempty.com/whitehouse/cub.htm Steve Whitehouse; Whitehouse Animation Inc. Canada Netbabyworld http://www.netbabyworld.com Netbaby World AB Sweden Tehelka http://www.tehelka.com Tarun Tejpal; Tehelka India cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing (12 Honorary Mentions) Titel of the work Type of Work Name Location HTML-Editor Programm Marian Kogler Wien Toonplanet 3D NET/Grafik Martin Spazierer, Daniel Spreitzer Wien flashexperiment NET Rene Weirather Reutte Stay Alive Spiel Thomas Lettner Traun Bilder f?r Sam und Spice Grafik Sonja Vrisk Klagenfurt http:// Musik: 3,25 Min Philipp Strahl Graz Return to Sender Animation Michaela Pl?chl, Andrea Gintner Freistadt Gesichter-Logo Grafik Karner Nicole, Payerl Tanja Wieselburg Omega::Shield Programm J?rgen Hoog Leonding SMS-Notifier NET Thomas Winkler Hartberg House-Designer Spiel Fabian Schlager Elixhausen Digital 2001 NET Payer MichaelJagadits Marvin Tadten The Jury Members of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 _____________________________________________________________ Jurors Computer Animation/Visual Effects Paddy Eason, UK; Moving Picture Company Christophe H?ry, F/USA; ILM Industrial Light & Magic Barbara Robertson, USA; Computer Graphics World Rick Sayre, USA; Pixar Studios Christian Volckman, F; Method Films Jurors Digital Musics Ned Bouhalassa, Canada; composer Reinhold Friedl, Germany; musician Tony Herrington, UK; journalist "The Wire" Naut Humon, USA; composer, producer Kaffe Matthews, UK; musician Jurors Interactive Art Masaki Fujihata, Japan; Professor Keo University Peter Higgins, UK; Land Design Studio Hiroshi Ishii, Japan; MIT Media Lab Ulrike Gabriel, Germany; Institut f?r Neue Medien, Frankfurt Joachim Sauter, Germany; Professor HTK Berlin/Art + Com Jurors Net Vision/Net Excellence Bruno Beusch and Tina Cassani, France; New Media Label TNC Network Tanja Diezmann, Germany; Prof. Interface Design Hochschule Anhalt Solveig Godeluck, France; journalist, net-magazine "Transfert" Machiko Kusahara, Japan; Professor University of Kobe Pete Barr-Watson, UK; new media agency kerb Jurors cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing Sirikit Amann, ?KS Austriaischer Kultur Service etoy.TAKI - member of the international group etoy Florian Hecker, Mego Horst H?rtner, technical director Ars Electronica Center Linz Robert P?cksteiner, ORF Center Vienna The Prizes of the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Prizes Computer Animation/Visual Effects 1 x Golden Nica ? Euro 10.000/US-$ 8,970 2 x Awards of Distinction ? Euro 5.000/US-$ 4,485 12 Honorary Mentions Prizes Digital Musics 1 x Golden Nica ? Euro 10.000/US-$ 8,970 2 x Awards of Distinction ? Euro 5.000/US-$ 4,485 12 Honorary Mentions Prizes Interactive Art 1 x Golden Nica ? Euro 10.000/US-$ 8,970 2 x Awards of Distinction ? Euro 5.000/US-$ 4,485 11 Honorary Mentions Prizes Net Vision/Net Excellence 2 x Golden Nica ? Euro 10.000/US-$ 8,970 2 x 2 Awards of Distinction ? Euro 5.000/US-$ 4,485 16 Honorary Mentions (2x Net Vision, 14x Net Excellence) Prizes cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing 1 x Golden Nica ? Euro 5.500/ATS 75.680 2 x Awards of Distinction ? Euro 2.200/ATS 30.275 12 Honorary Mentions And: As an expression of thanks for taking part, all u19 participants receive a u19 CD-ROM, a u19 T-shirt and 1 ticket for free access to all the Ars Electronica events from September 1 - 6, 2001. Sponsors, Dates, Information ____________________________________________________________________________ __ Donators of the prizes and sponsors of the Prix Ars Electronica >From the beginning, the Prix Ars Electronica has been made possible in its entirety through the commitment of institutions of the business sector and public funding. In 2001, these are jet2web Internet, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL, jet2web Datakom, the Austrian Postal Bank P.S.K., and the City of Linz and the Province of Upper Austria. The Prix Ars Electronica would also like to thank its supporters Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Casinos Austria, Courtyard by Marriott, Porsche Austria, Sony DADC and the P?stlingberg Schl?ss'l. Awards Presentation on Monday, 3 September 2001 The secret of the Nica winners will be revealed 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" Exhibition of the best works of the Prix Ars Electronica 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. Artists' Forum Prix winners present their works in person in Linz 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. Competition Documentation - Book, VHS/DVD, CD As a documentation of the competition, the book "Cyberarts 2001" will be published by Springer Verlag Vienna/New York for the Ars Electronica Festival. The best works from the category Computer Animation/Visual Effects will be documented with a VHS cassette and DVD, and selections from the prize-winning works from the category Digital Musics will be released on CD. Beginning in September, all the documentation material will also be available through http://prixars.orf.at Press Releases, Information and Picture Material: see "press" and pictures". For questions, please contact ORF/ Prix Ars Electronica Dr. Christine Sch?pf Europaplatz 3, A-4021 Linz Tel. 0043/ (0)732/ 6900 - 24218, 24227 christine.schoepf@orf.at -----Syndicate mailinglist----------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://anart.no/~syndicate to post to the Syndicate list: <syndicate@anart.no> no commercial use of the texts without permission