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The Prix Ars Electronica 94 is over, having achieved a record participation of
1,584 entries from 38 countries. Three juries composed of international experts
from the computer music, graphics/animation and interactive art fields have
declared the winners of 5 Golden Nicas, 8 Distinctions and 40 Honorary Mentions.
Cash prizes totalling US$ 103.750 are on their way to artists in America,
France, Austria, Germany, Sweden and Great Britain.
The winners of the
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 1994, the worlds highest prized and most reknown computer
art competition are:
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER ANIMATION
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Dennis Muren / Mark Dipp (ILM/USA) for "Jurassic Park" *
* and
*
*% Mark Caro (Midi Minuit/France) for "KO Kid". *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 12.450
*
* *
* Distinctions
*
*% Eric Coignoux (Mikros Image/France) for "No Sex" *
*% Maurice Benayoun (Z.A Production/France)for an episode *
* from his television series "Ils sont tous l ! (Les QUARXS)" *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 8.300
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER GRAPHICS
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Michael Joaquin Grey (USA) for "Jelly Life" *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 8.300
*
*
*
* Distinctions
*
*% Keith Cottingham (USA), freelance artist, and
*
*% John Kahrs (Blue Star Productions/USA).
*
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* INTERACTIVE ART CATEGORY
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
*
* (Austria/France) for "A-Volve".
*
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 16.600
*
* *
* Distinctions
*
*% TRANSIT (Austrian artists group) for their radio/ *
* TV project "Real Time"
*
*% Loren Carpenter (Cinematrix/USA) for "Kinoetic Evolution" *
* Collective Collaborative Computer-Mediated Creation. *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER MUSIC
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Ludger Br mmer (Germany) for "The Gates H." *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 12.450
*
*
*
* Distinctions
*
*% Ake Parmerud (Sweden) for "Strings & Shadows" and *
*% Jonathan Impett (Great Britain) for "Mirror-Rite". *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
Prix Ars Electronica 1994
************************The Honorary Mentions********************
In addition to the 13 cash prizes, the 1994 competition resulted in 40 Honorary
Mentions
Computer Animation
* B riou (AGAVE SA/France), "Tableau D`Amour"
* Peter Callas (Australia), Bilderbuch f r Ernst Will (Ernst Will+s
Picture Book): A Euro Rebus"
* Cassidy Curtis (XAOS/USA), "MTV Top 20 Video
Countdown Graphics"
* Eric Darnell/Michael T. Collery (Pacific Data Images/USA),
"Gas Planet"
* Yoichiro Kawaguchi (University of Tsukuba/Japan),
"Artificial Life Metropolis "CELL`s"
* Eihachiro Nakamae/Hideo Yamashita
(Hiroshima University/Japan), Rhapsody in Light & Blue"
* Sabine Mai (Germany), "Generative Systeme - System 2"
* John Tonkin (Australia), "these are the days"
* Tam s Waliczky (ZKM/Germany), "Der Wald (The Forest)"
* Thomas Zancker (mental images, Germany), "Displaced Dice"
Computer Graphics
* Linda Dement (USA), "Fur Gash"
* Pascal Dombis (France), "Untitled"
* Mogens Jacobsen (Denmark),
"Untitled No 4 from the HEAT SERIES"
* Don MacKay (University of Waterloo/USA), "Bell"
* Stewart McSherry (USA), "Red heart yellow bile 94"
* Ronaldo Kiel (USA), "D`Invenzione # 04"
* Gavin Miller (Apple Computer/USA), "Santa Clara Falls"
* Anna Gabriele Wagner/Adelhard Roidinger (USA/Austria),
"Undine"
Interactive Art
* Max Almy/Yeri Yarbrow (USA), "Utopia"
* Susan Amkraut/Michael Girard (Unreal Pictures/USA),
"Menagerie"
* Brenda Laurel/Rachel Strickland
(Interval Research Corporation/USA),
"Placeholder: Landscape & Narrative in a Virtual Environment"
* George Legrady (USA),
"An Anecdoted Archive from the Cold War"
* Edward Elliott (MIT/USA), "Video Streamer"
* Friedrich F rster (Germany),
"Das PLASTISCHE LICHT" (The Plastic Light)
* Richard Kriesche (Kulturdata/Austria)
"Telematische Skulptur III" (Telematic Sculpture)
* Wolfgang Kr ger (GMD/Germany), "Responsive Workbench"
* Pattie Maes (MIT/USA),
"Alive: Artificial Life Interactive Video Environment"
* Christian M ller (Germany), "The Virtual Cage"
* Christian M llerl/R diger Kramm (Germany),
"Kinetische Lichtplastik" (Kinetic Light Sculpture)
* Catherine Richards (Canada), "The Virtual Body"
Computer Music
* Patrick Ascione (France), "Espaces - Paradoxes"
* Jean Francois Cavro (France), "l`aube sublime de la tyrannie for
windquintett and live electronic"
* Akemi Ishijima (Great Britain), "Ab ovo"
* Paul Koonce (USA), "Hothouse"
* Mesias Maiguashca (Germany), "The Spirit Catcher"
* Juliet Palmer (Princeton University/USA), "Citrus"
* Michel Redolfi (CIRM/France),
"Portrait of Celea with double bass"
* Michael Vaughan (Great Britain), "Crosscurrents"
* Alejandro Vinao (Great Britain), "Borges y el espejo"
* Frances White (USA), "Winter Aconites"
The Prix Ars Electronica has been organised as an international competition by
Austrian Television (Upper Austrian Region) since 1987. This year it has been
endowed by the Kapsch company and sponsored by the City of Linz and the Province
of Upper Austria.
The Jury members were:
Graphics/Animation:
Michael Bieliczky (Czech Republic)
Rolf Herken (Germany)
Matt Mullican (USA)
Lucy Petrovich (USA)
Michael Tolson (USA)
Computer Music:
Charles Amirkhanian (USA)
Lars Gunnar Bodin (Sweden)
Werner Jauk (Austria)
Ivanka Stoianova (France)
Trevor Wishart (Great Britain)
Interactive Art:
Roy Ascott (Great Britain)
Johnie Hugh Horn (USA)
Roger Malina (USA)
Michael Naimark (USA)
Florian R tzer (Germany)
The non-voting chairman of the overall jury is Austrian TV's Managing Director
for Upper Austria, Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder
Peter Schoeber, ORF Landesstudio OOE Redaktion Ku/Wi
Europaplatz 3 4010 Linz, AUSTRIA
Tel.: ++43-732-6900-267 Fax: ++43-732-6900-270
email: schoeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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The Prix Ars Electronica 94 is over, having achieved a record participation of
1,584 entries from 38 countries. Three juries composed of international experts
from the computer music, graphics/animation and interactive art fields have
declared the winners of 5 Golden Nicas, 8 Distinctions and 40 Honorary Mentions.
Cash prizes totalling US$ 103.750 are on their way to artists in America,
France, Austria, Germany, Sweden and Great Britain.
The winners of the
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 1994, the worlds highest prized and most reknown computer
art competition are:
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER ANIMATION
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Dennis Muren / Mark Dipp (ILM/USA) for "Jurassic Park" *
* and
*
*% Mark Caro (Midi Minuit/France) for "KO Kid". *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 12.450
*
* *
* Distinctions
*
*% Eric Coignoux (Mikros Image/France) for "No Sex" *
*% Maurice Benayoun (Z.A Production/France)for an episode *
* from his television series "Ils sont tous l ! (Les QUARXS)" *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 8.300
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER GRAPHICS
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Michael Joaquin Grey (USA) for "Jelly Life" *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 8.300
*
*
*
* Distinctions
*
*% Keith Cottingham (USA), freelance artist, and
*
*% John Kahrs (Blue Star Productions/USA).
*
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* INTERACTIVE ART CATEGORY
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
*
* (Austria/France) for "A-Volve".
*
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 16.600
*
* *
* Distinctions
*
*% TRANSIT (Austrian artists group) for their radio/ *
* TV project "Real Time"
*
*% Loren Carpenter (Cinematrix/USA) for "Kinoetic Evolution" *
* Collective Collaborative Computer-Mediated Creation. *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
*****************************************************************
* COMPUTER MUSIC
*
* Golden Nica
*
*% Ludger Br mmer (Germany) for "The Gates H." *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY US$ 12.450
*
*
*
* Distinctions
*
*% Ake Parmerud (Sweden) for "Strings & Shadows" and *
*% Jonathan Impett (Great Britain) for "Mirror-Rite". *
* *
* PRIZE MONEY 2x US$ 4.150
*
*****************************************************************
Prix Ars Electronica 1994
************************The Honorary Mentions********************
In addition to the 13 cash prizes, the 1994 competition resulted in 40 Honorary
Mentions
Computer Animation
* B riou (AGAVE SA/France), "Tableau D`Amour"
* Peter Callas (Australia), Bilderbuch f r Ernst Will (Ernst Will+s
Picture Book): A Euro Rebus"
* Cassidy Curtis (XAOS/USA), "MTV Top 20 Video
Countdown Graphics"
* Eric Darnell/Michael T. Collery (Pacific Data Images/USA),
"Gas Planet"
* Yoichiro Kawaguchi (University of Tsukuba/Japan),
"Artificial Life Metropolis "CELL`s"
* Eihachiro Nakamae/Hideo Yamashita
(Hiroshima University/Japan), Rhapsody in Light & Blue"
* Sabine Mai (Germany), "Generative Systeme - System 2"
* John Tonkin (Australia), "these are the days"
* Tam s Waliczky (ZKM/Germany), "Der Wald (The Forest)"
* Thomas Zancker (mental images, Germany), "Displaced Dice"
Computer Graphics
* Linda Dement (USA), "Fur Gash"
* Pascal Dombis (France), "Untitled"
* Mogens Jacobsen (Denmark),
"Untitled No 4 from the HEAT SERIES"
* Don MacKay (University of Waterloo/USA), "Bell"
* Stewart McSherry (USA), "Red heart yellow bile 94"
* Ronaldo Kiel (USA), "D`Invenzione # 04"
* Gavin Miller (Apple Computer/USA), "Santa Clara Falls"
* Anna Gabriele Wagner/Adelhard Roidinger (USA/Austria),
"Undine"
Interactive Art
* Max Almy/Yeri Yarbrow (USA), "Utopia"
* Susan Amkraut/Michael Girard (Unreal Pictures/USA),
"Menagerie"
* Brenda Laurel/Rachel Strickland
(Interval Research Corporation/USA),
"Placeholder: Landscape & Narrative in a Virtual Environment"
* George Legrady (USA),
"An Anecdoted Archive from the Cold War"
* Edward Elliott (MIT/USA), "Video Streamer"
* Friedrich F rster (Germany),
"Das PLASTISCHE LICHT" (The Plastic Light)
* Richard Kriesche (Kulturdata/Austria)
"Telematische Skulptur III" (Telematic Sculpture)
* Wolfgang Kr ger (GMD/Germany), "Responsive Workbench"
* Pattie Maes (MIT/USA),
"Alive: Artificial Life Interactive Video Environment"
* Christian M ller (Germany), "The Virtual Cage"
* Christian M llerl/R diger Kramm (Germany),
"Kinetische Lichtplastik" (Kinetic Light Sculpture)
* Catherine Richards (Canada), "The Virtual Body"
Computer Music
* Patrick Ascione (France), "Espaces - Paradoxes"
* Jean Francois Cavro (France), "l`aube sublime de la tyrannie for
windquintett and live electronic"
* Akemi Ishijima (Great Britain), "Ab ovo"
* Paul Koonce (USA), "Hothouse"
* Mesias Maiguashca (Germany), "The Spirit Catcher"
* Juliet Palmer (Princeton University/USA), "Citrus"
* Michel Redolfi (CIRM/France),
"Portrait of Celea with double bass"
* Michael Vaughan (Great Britain), "Crosscurrents"
* Alejandro Vinao (Great Britain), "Borges y el espejo"
* Frances White (USA), "Winter Aconites"
The Prix Ars Electronica has been organised as an international competition by
Austrian Television (Upper Austrian Region) since 1987. This year it has been
endowed by the Kapsch company and sponsored by the City of Linz and the Province
of Upper Austria.
The Jury members were:
Graphics/Animation:
Michael Bieliczky (Czech Republic)
Rolf Herken (Germany)
Matt Mullican (USA)
Lucy Petrovich (USA)
Michael Tolson (USA)
Computer Music:
Charles Amirkhanian (USA)
Lars Gunnar Bodin (Sweden)
Werner Jauk (Austria)
Ivanka Stoianova (France)
Trevor Wishart (Great Britain)
Interactive Art:
Roy Ascott (Great Britain)
Johnie Hugh Horn (USA)
Roger Malina (USA)
Michael Naimark (USA)
Florian R tzer (Germany)
The non-voting chairman of the overall jury is Austrian TV's Managing Director
for Upper Austria, Dr. Hannes Leopoldseder
Peter Schoeber, ORF Landesstudio OOE Redaktion Ku/Wi
Europaplatz 3 4010 Linz, AUSTRIA
Tel.: ++43-732-6900-267 Fax: ++43-732-6900-270
email: schoeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx