The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of

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and

interactive art Interactive art is a form of art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some interactive art installations achieve this by letting the observer walk through, over or around them; others ask the artist ...

computer animation Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes (still images) and dynamic images (moving images), while computer animation refe ...

, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by

Ars Electronica Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in the ...

(

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). In 2005, the Golden Nica, the highest prize, was awarded in six categories: "Computer Animation/Visual Effects," "Digital Musics," "Interactive Art," "Net Vision," "Digital Communities" and the "u19" award for "freestyle computing." Each Golden Nica came with a prize of

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10,000, apart from the u19 category, where the prize was

5,000. In each category, there are also Awards of Distinction and Honorary Mentions. The Golden Nica is replica of the Greek

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. It is a handmade wooden statuette, plated with gold, so each trophy is unique: approximately 35 cm high, with a wingspan of about 20 cm, all on a pedestal. "Prix Ars Electronica" is a phrase composed of French, Latin and Spanish words, loosely translated as "Electronic Arts Prize."

Golden Nica winners

Computer animation / film / vfx

The "Computer Graphics" category (1987–1994) was open to different kinds of computer images. The "Computer Animation" (1987–1997) was replaced by the current "Computer Animation/Visual Effects" category in 1998.

Computer Graphics

*1987 – ''Figur10'' by

Brian Reffin Smith Brian Reffin Smith (born 1946) is an artist, writer, teacher and musician born in Sudbury, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom, who won the first-ever Prix Ars Electronica, the Golden Nica, in Linz, Austria, 1987. He lives in Berlin, Germany. Life Br ...

, UK *1988 – ''The Battle'' by

David Sherwin David Sherwin-White (24 February 1942 – 8 January 2018) was a British screenwriter best known for his collaborations with director Lindsay Anderson and actor Malcolm McDowell on the films '' if....'' (1968) (for which Sherwin was nominated for ...

, US *1989 – ''Gramophone'' by Tamás Waliczky, HU *1990 – ''P-411-A'' by

Manfred Mohr Manfred Mohr (born June 8, 1938 in Pforzheim/Germany) is a German artist considered to be a pioneer in the field of digital art. He has lived and worked in New York since 1981. Life and career Mohr started his career as an action painter and ...

, Germany *1991 – ''Having encountered Eve for the second time, Adam begins to speak'' by

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, US *1992 – ''RD Texture Buttons'' by Michael Kass and

Andrew Witkin Andrew Paul Witkin (July 22, 1952 – September 12, 2010) was an American computer scientist who made major contributions in computer vision and computer graphics. Education Witkin studied psychology at Columbia College, Columbia University, ...

, US *1993 – ''Founders Series'' by Michael Tolson, US *1994 – ''Jellylife / Jellycycle / Jelly Locomotion'' by

Michael Joaquin Grey Michael Joaquin Grey (born 1961 in Los Angeles) is an American artist, inventor, and educator based in New York City. Grey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and a BS in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1984 and a MFA in S ...

, US

Computer Animation

*1987 – ''

Luxo Jr. ''Luxo Jr.'' is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced and released by Pixar. Written and directed by John Lasseter, the two-minute short film revolves around one larger and one smaller desk lamp. The larger lamp, named Luxo Sr. ...

'' by

John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, ...

, US *1988 – ''

Red's Dream ''Red's Dream'' is a 1987 American computer-animated short film written and directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar. The short film, which runs four minutes, stars Red, a unicycle. Propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy ni ...

'' by

, US *1989 – B''roken Heart'' by Joan Staveley, US *1990 – ''Footprint'' by Mario Sasso and Nicola Sani, IT *1991 – ''Panspermia'' by

Karl Sims Karl Sims (born 1962) is a computer graphics artist and researcher, who is best known for using particle systems and artificial life in computer animation. Biography Sims received a B.S. from MIT in 1984, and a M.S. from the MIT Media Lab in 1987. ...

, US *1992 – ''Liquid Selves / Primordial Dance'' by

, US *1993 – ''Lakmé'' by Pascal Roulin, BE *1994 – ''

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'' by

Dennis Muren Dennis Muren, A.S.C (born November 1, 1946) is an American film visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on the films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and James Cameron, among others, and has won nine Oscars in total: eight for Bes ...

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and Steve Williams, US/CA **Distinction: ''Quarxs'' by

Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, th ...

, FR **Distinction: ''K.O. Kid'' by

Marc Caro Marc Caro (born 2 April 1956) is a French filmmaker and cartoonist best known for his projects with Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Biography Marc Caro was born in Nantes, the native town of Jules Verne, who made a great impact on him, influenced his love ...

, FR *1995 – ''God's Little Monkey'' by

David Atherton David Atherton (born 3 January 1944) is an English conductor and founder of the London Sinfonietta. Background Atherton was born in Blackpool, Lancashire into a musical family. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School. His father, Robert ...

and

Bob Sabiston Bob Sabiston (born 1967) is an American film art director, computer programmer, and creator of the Rotoshop software program for computer animation. Sabiston began developing software as an undergraduate and then graduate researcher in the MIT ...

, US *1996 – ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the '' Toy Story ...

'' by

Lee Unkrich Lee Edward Unkrich (born August 8, 1967) is an American film director, film editor, screenwriter, and animator. He was a longtime member of the creative team at Pixar, where he started in 1994 as a film editor. He later began directing, first as ...

and

Ralph Eggleston Ralph Eggleston (October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022). was an American animator, art director, storyboard artist, and production designer at Pixar Animation Studios. He won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' For the Birds''. ...

, US *1997 – ''Dragonheart'' by

Scott Squires Scott Squires (born 1956) is a visual effects supervisor and director. His first film project was ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', where he developed the Cloud Tank Effect. In 1979 Squires, Hoyt Yeatman, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hol ...

, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), US

Computer Animation/Visual Effects

*1998 – ''The Sitter'' by Liang-Yuan Wang, TW **''

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'' by

Robert Legato Robert Legato (born 1956) is an American visual effects supervisor, second unit director, and second unit director of photography. Raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Legato graduated from Ocean Township High School.Staff. "Shore's Robert Legato ...

and

Digital Domain Digital Domain is an American visual effects and digital production company based in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California. The company is known for creating digital imagery for feature films, advertising and games from its locations in Californ ...

, US *1999 – ''

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'' by

Chris Wedge John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American animator, designer, film director, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He is known for directing the films '' Ice Age'' (2002), ''Robots'' (2005), '' Epic'' (2013), ...

, US **'' What Dreams May Come'' by Mass Illusions, POP,

, Vincent Ward, Stephen Simon and Barnet Bain, US *2000 – ''Maly Milos'' by Jakub Pistecky, CA **''Maaz'' by

Christian Volckman Christian Volckman (b. 1971) is a French film director, author, and painter. He is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris. Career He is mainly known for his motion capture animation feature film ''Renaissance'', a 2006 dysto ...

, FR *2001 – ''Le Processus'' by Xavier de l’Hermuzičre and Philippe Grammaticopoulos, FR *2002 – ''

Monsters, Inc. ''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ...

'' by

Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing ''Finding Nemo'' (2003) an ...

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) ...

and David Silverman, US *2003 – ''Tim Tom'' by Romain Segaud and Cristel Pougeoise, FR *2004 – '' Ryan'' by

Chris Landreth Chris Landreth (born August 4, 1961) is an American animator working in Canada, best known for his work on the 2004 film '' Ryan''. He has made many CGI animated films since the mid-1990s, including ''The End'', ''Bingo'', ''The Listener'', ''Cau ...

, US. **Distinction: '' Parenthèse'' from Francois Blondeau, Thibault Deloof, Jérémie Droulers, Christophe Stampe, France **Distinction: '' Birthday Boy'' from Sejong Park, Australia *2005 – '' Fallen Art'' by Tomek Baginski, Poland. **Distinction: ''

The Incredibles ''The Incredibles'' is a 2004 American computer-animated superhero film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Written and directed by Brad Bird, it stars the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah V ...

'' from

Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californi ...

**Distinction: ''City Paradise'' by Gaëlle Denis (UK), Passion Pictures (FR) *2006 – '' 458nm'' by Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Tom Weber, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany. **Distinction: ''Kein platz Für Gerold'' by

Daniel Nocke Daniel Nocke is a German screenwriter for film and television, and a director of animated shorts. He frequently works with director Stefan Krohmer on live action projects. His films have been shown at German and American film festivals and his ...

/ Studio Film Bilder, Germany **Distinction: ''Negadon, the monster from Mars'', by Jun Awazu, Japan *2007 – ''Codehunters'' by

Ben Hibon Ben Hibon is a Swiss animation director. Hibon was born in Geneva, Switzerland, where he completed studies in Fine Art. He moved to London in 1996 to study Graphic Design at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, followed by a master ...

, (UK) *2008 – ''

Madame Tutli-Putli ''Madame Tutli-Putli'' is a 2007 stop motion-animated short film by Montreal filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, collectively known as Clyde Henry Productions, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). It is available on ...

'' by Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski. (Directors), Jason Walker (Special Visual Effects),

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*2009 – '' HA'Aki'' by Iriz Pääbo,

*2010 – ''Nuit Blanche'' by Arev Manoukian (Director), Marc-André Gray (Visual Effects Artist),

*2011 – ''Metachaos'' by Alessandro Bavari (IT) *2012 – ''Rear Window Loop'' by Jeff Desom (LU) **Distinction: ''

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'' by Evan Viera/Orchid Animation (US) **Distinction: ''

Rise of the Planet of the Apes ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' is a 2011 American science fiction film directed by Rupert Wyatt from a screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is a reboot of the ''Planet of the Apes'' film franchise, which is based on the 1963 nov ...

'' by Weta Digital (NZ)/

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*2013 – ''Forms'' by Quayola (IT), Memo Akten (TR) **Distinction: ''Duku Spacemarines'' by La Mécanique du Plastique (FR) **Distinction: ''Oh Willy…'' by Emma De Swaef (BE), Marc James Roels (BE) / Beast Animation *2014 – ''Walking City'' by

Universal Everything Universal Everything is a digital art practice and design studio based in Sheffield, England. The studio was founded in 2004 by Matt Pyke, who is the creative director. Pyke studied botanical and technical illustration and then graphic design, be ...

(UK) *2015 – ''Temps Mort'' by Alex Verhaest (BE)
**Distinction: ''Bär'' by Pascal Floerks (DE) **Distinction: ''The Reflection of Power'' by Mihai Grecu (RO/HU)

Digital Music

This category is for those making

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

and

sound art Sound art is an artistic activity in which sound is utilized as a primary medium or material. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms. According to Brandon LaBelle, sound art ...

through digital means. From 1987 to 1998 the category was known as "

Computer music Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and ap ...

." Two Golden Nicas were awarded in 1987, and none in 1990. There was no Computer Music category in 1991. *1987 –

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

and

Jean-Claude Risset Jean-Claude Raoul Olivier Risset (; 13 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell L ...

*1988 –

Denis Smalley Denis Arthur Smalley (born 1946 in Nelson, New Zealand) is a composer of electroacoustic music, with a special interest in acousmatic music. Biography Denis Smalley studied at the University of Canterbury and Victoria University in his native N ...

*1989 –

Kaija Saariaho Kaija Anneli Saariaho (; ; born 14 October 1952) is a Finnish composer based in Paris, France. During the course of her career, Saariaho has received commissions from the Lincoln Center for the Kronos Quartet and from IRCAM for the Ensemble Inter ...

*1990 – None *1991 – Category omitted *1992 – Alejandro Viñao *1993 –

Bernard Parmegiani Bernard Parmegiani (27 October 1927 − 21 November 2013) was a French composer best known for his electronic or acousmatic music. Biography Between 1957 and 1961 he studied mime with Jacques Lecoq, a period he later regarded as important to his ...

*1994 – Ludger Brümmer *1995 –

Trevor Wishart Trevor Wishart (born 11 October 1946) is an English composer, based in York. Wishart has contributed to composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. He has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms " sonic art", a ...

*1996 –

Robert Normandeau Robert Normandeau (born March 11, 1955) is a Canadian electroacoustic music composer. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Normandeau studied at the Université Laval in Quebec City, and at the Université de Montréal, where he studied with Marcelle De ...

*1997 –

Matt Heckert Matt Heckert is an American sound artist, born in 1957. He was involved in Survival Research laboratories in the 1980s before becoming a machine musical artist. Matt Heckert graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1979 with a Bachelor ...

*1998 – Peter Bosch and

Simone Simons Simone Johanna Maria Simons (born 17 January 1985) is a Dutch singer. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, which she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing eight studio albums and touring the world ...

(joint award) *1999 – '' Come to Daddy'' by

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...

(Richard D. James) and Chris Cunningham (joint award) ** Distinction: ''Birthdays'' by Ikue Mori (JP) ** Distinction:

Mego (label) Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria. The label has been superseded by a new company, Editions Mego, which was set up both to keep Mego albums in print and to issue new albums, run by Peter ...

, ''Hotel Paral.lel'' by

Christian Fennesz Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited simply by his last name. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated samples ...

, ''Seven Tons For Free'' by

Peter Rehberg Peter Rehberg (29 June 1968 – 22 July 2021), also known as Pita, was a British-Austrian composer of electronic audio works. He was the head of Editions Mego, which he founded in 2006 as a successor to Mego. Early life Rehberg was born in To ...

(a.k.a. Pita) *2000 – ''20' to 2000'' by

Carsten Nicolai Carsten Nicolai (18 September 1965), also known as Alva Noto, is a German musician and visual artist. He is a member of the music groups Diamond Version with Olaf Bender (Byetone), Signal with Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender, Cyclo with Ry ...

**Distinction: ''

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'' by

Gescom Gescom is an electronic music project based in the UK with close ties to the electronic duo Autechre. Stylistically, the music of Gescom is closer to electronic dance music, acid techno, and industrial music than Autechre's, with the excepti ...

**Distinction: ''Outside the Circle of Fire'' by

Chris Watson John Christian Watson (born Johan Cristian Tanck; 9 April 186718 November 1941) was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia, in office from 27 April to 18 August 1904. He served as the inaugural federal lead ...

*2001 – ''Matrix'' by

Ryoji Ikeda Ryoji Ikeda (池田亮司 ''Ikeda Ryōji'', born 1966) is a Japanese visual and sound artist who currently lives and works in Paris, France. Ikeda's music is concerned primarily with sound in a variety of "raw" states, such as sine tones and noi ...

*2002 – ''Man'yo Wounded 2001'' by

Yasunao Tone (b. 1935) is a multi-disciplinary artist born in Tokyo, Japan and working in New York City. He graduated from Chiba University in 1957 with a major in Japanese Literature. An important figure in postwar Japanese art during the sixties, he was acti ...

*2003 –

Ami Yoshida is a Japanese musician. Yoshida does not play instruments, instead making her music with her own voice. Rather than conventional singing she makes a variety of vocalisations of such a nature that it is often hard to tell that the sounds are bei ...

Sachiko M Sachiko Matsubara (Japanese: 松原幸子; born 1973), better known by her stage name Sachiko M, is a Japanese musician. Her first solo album, ''Sine Wave Solo'', was released in 1999. Working in collaboration with Ami Yoshida under the name Cosmo ...

and

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(joint award) *2004 – ''Banlieue du Vide'' by

Thomas Köner Thomas Köner (born 1965 in Bochum, West Germany) is a multimedia artist whose main interest lies in combining visual and auditory experiences. The BBC, in a review of Köner's work in 1997, calls him a "media artist," one who works between instal ...

*2005 – ''TEO! A Sonic Sculpture'' by

Maryanne Amacher Maryanne Amacher (February 25, 1938 – October 22, 2009) was an American composer and installation artist. She is known for working extensively with a family of psychoacoustic phenomena called auditory distortion products (also known as dis ...

*2006 – ''L'île ré-sonante'' by

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*2007 – ''Reverse-Simulation Music'' by Mashiro Miwa *2008 – Reactable by

Sergi Jordà Sergi Jordà (born November 15, 1961) is a Catalan innovator, installation artist, digital musician and Associate Professor at the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. He is best known for directing the team that invented ...

(ES), Martin Kaltenbrunner (AT), Günter Geiger (AT) and Marcos Alonso (ES) *2009 – ''Speeds of Time versions 1 and 2'' by

Bill Fontana Bill Fontana (born April 25, 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio) is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art. Life and career Fontana attended the New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. ...

(US) *2010 – ''rheo: 5 horizons'' b
Ryoichi Kurokawa
(JP) *2011 – ''Energy Field'' by Jana Winderen (NO) *2012 – "Crystal Sounds of a Synchrotron" by Jo Thomas (GB) *2013 – ''frequencies (a)'' by Nicolas Bernier (CA) ** Distinction: ''SjQ++'' by SjQ++ (JP) ** Distinction: ''Borderlands Granular'' by Chris Carlson (US) *2015 – ''Chijikinkutsu'' by Nelo Akamatsu (JP) ** Distinction: ''Drumming is an elastic concept'' by Josef Klammer (AT) ** Distinction: ''Under Way'' by Douglas Henderson (DE) *2017 – ''Not Your World Music: Noise In South East Asia'' by

Cedrik Fermont Cedrik Fermont (also known as C-drík Fermont or Kirdec) is a vegan artist, academically trained musician, DJ, singer, composer and drummer. He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne ( Royal Conservatory of Mons, B ...

(CD/BE/DE), Dimitri della Faille (BE/CA) ** Distinction: ''Gamelan Wizard'' by Lucas Abela (AU), Wukir Suryadi (ID) und Rully Shabara (ID) ** Distinction: ''Corpus Nil'' by

Marco Donnarumma Marco Donnarumma (born 1984 in Naples) is an Italian performance artist, new media artist and scholar based in Berlin. His work addresses the relationship between body, politics and technology. He is widely known for his performances fusing sound ...

(DE/IT)

Hybrid art

*2007 – Symbiotica'' Symbiotica'' *2008 – Pollstream – Nuage Vert by

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(FR/UK) and

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(FR/DE) HeHe *2009 – ''Natural History of the Enigma'' by Eduardo Kac (US) *2010 – ''Ear on Arm'' by

Stelarc Stelarc (born Στέλιος Αρκαδίου ''Stelios Arcadiou'' in Limassol in 1946; legally changed his name in 1972) is a Cyprus-born Australian performance artist raised in the Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, whose works focus heavily on ...

(AU) *2011 – ''May the Horse Live in me'' by Art Orienté Objet (FR) *2012 – ''Bacterial radio'' by

Joe Davis Joseph Davis (15 April 190110 July 1978) was an English professional snooker and English billiards player. He was the dominant figure in snooker from the 1920s to the 1950s, and has been credited with inventing aspects of the way the game i ...

(US) *2013 – ''Cosmopolitan Chicken Project'',

Koen Vanmechelen Koen Vanmechelen (born August 26, 1965 in Sint-Truiden) is a Belgian artist who began his career in the early 1990s. Central to his work is the concept of bio-cultural diversity, which he investigates through the domestic chicken and its ancestra ...

(BE) *2015 – ''Plantas Autofotosintéticas'', Gilberto Esparza (MX) *2017 – ''K-9_topology'', Maja Smrekar (SI)

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voestalpine Art and Technology Grant

*2009 – ''Open_Sailing'' by Open_Sailing Crew led by Cesar Harada. *2010 – ''Hostage'' by rederik De Wilde *2011 – '' Choke Point Project'' by P2P Foundation (NL). *2012 – ''qaul.net – tools for the next revolution'' by Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud *2013 – ''Hyperform'' by Marcelo Coelho (BR), Skylar Tibbits (US), Natan Linder (IL), Yoav Reaches (IL) ** Honorary Mentions: ''GravityLight'' by Martin Riddiford (GB), Jim Reeves (GB) * 2014 – ''BlindMaps'' by Markus Schmeiduch, Andrew Spitz and Ruben van der Vleuten * 2015 – ''SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE'' by XXLab (ID) – Irene Agrivina Widyaningrum, Asa Rahmana, Ratna Djuwita, Eka Jayani Ayuningtias, Atinna Rizqiana

Interactive Art

Prizes in the category of

have been awarded since 1990. This category applies to many categories of works, including installations and performances, characterized by audience participation, virtual reality, multimedia and telecommunication. *1990 – ''Videoplace'' installation by Myron Krueger *1991 – ''Think About the People Now'' project by Paul Sermon *1992 – ''Home of the Brain'' installation by

Monika Fleischmann Monika Fleischmann (born 1950 in Karlsruhe, (Germany)) is a pioneering German research artist, digital media scientist, and curator of new media art. She is one of the most relevant European women artist working in art, science, and technology. Sh ...

and Wolfgang Strauss *1993 – ''Simulationsraum-Mosaik mobiler Datenklänge (smdk)'' installation by

Knowbotic Research Knowbotic Research is a German-Swiss electronic art group, established in 1991. Its members are Yvonne Wilhelm, Christian Hübler and Alexander Tuchacek. They hold a professorship for Art and Media at the University of the Arts in Zurich. History ...

*1994 – ''A-Volve'' environment by Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau *1995 – the concept of

Hypertext Hypertext is E-text, text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typi ...

, attributed to

Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He is a Professorial Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a profess ...

*1996 – ''Global Interior Project'' installation by Masaki Fujihata *1997 – ''Music Plays Images X Images Play Music'' concert by

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto inf ...

and

Toshio Iwai is a Japanese interactive media and Installation art, installation artist who has also created a number of commercial video games. In addition he has worked in television, music performance, museum design and digital musical instrument design. E ...

*1998 – ''World Skin, a Photo Safari in the Land of War'' installation by

Jean-Baptiste Barrière Jean-Baptiste Barrière (2 May 1707 – 6 June 1747) was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux and died in Paris, at 40 years of age. Musical career Barrière first studied the viol, and published a set of viol sonatas. In due cou ...

and

*1999 – ''Difference Engine #3'' by construct and

Lynn Hershman Lynn Hershman Leeson (née Lynn Lester Hershman; born 1941) is a multimedia American artist and filmmaker. Her work combines art with social commentary, particularly on the relationship between people and technology. Leeson is a pioneer in new me ...

*2000 – ''Vectorial Elevation, Relational Architecture #4'' installation by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer *2001 – ''polar'' installation by

and Marko Peljhan *2002 – ''n-cha(n)t'' installation by

David Rokeby David Rokeby (born in 1960 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is an artist who has been making works of electronic, video and installation art since 1982. He lives with his wife, acclaimed pianist Eve Egoyan, and daughter, Viva Egoyan-Rokeby, in Toronto, ...

*2003 – ''

Can You See Me Now? Can You See Me Now? (CYSMN) is an urban chase game developed by Blast Theory and The Mixed Reality Lab in 2001. CYSMN is a pervasive game, where performers on the streets of a city use handheld computers, GPS and walkie talkies to chase online ...

'' participatory game by Blast Theory and Mixed Reality Lab *2004 – ''Listening Post'' installation by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen *2005 – ''MILKproject'' installation and project by Esther Polak, Ieva Auzina and RIXC – Riga Centre for New Media Culture *2006 – ''The Messenger'' installation by

Paul DeMarinis Paul DeMarinis (1948) is an American visual and sound artist, specializing in electronic music composer, sound, performance, and computer-based artist. Since the 1970s he has been active in creating digital sound sculptures, one of the early inn ...

*2007 – ''Park View Hotel'' installation by

Ashok Sukumaran Ashok Sukumaran is a Japanese-born Indian contemporary artist. Biography Sukumaran was born to a Japanese mother and an Indian Assamese father in Sapporo, Japan in 1974. Sukumaran grew up in Shimla and did his schooling from St. Edward's Schoo ...

*2008 – ''Image Fulgurator'' by Julius von Bismarck (

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

) *2009 – ''Nemo Observatorium'' by

Laurence Malstaf Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from L ...

(

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

) *2010 – ''The Eyewriter'' by

Zachary Lieberman Zachary Lieberman is an American new media artist, designer, computer programmer, and educator. Early life and education Born in 1977, Lieberman holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Hunter College and both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Design and Technology f ...

, Evan Roth, James Powderly, Theo Watson, Chris Sugrue, Tempt1 *2011 – ''Newstweek'' by

Julian Oliver Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (gi ...

(NZ) and Danja Vasiliev (RU) *2012 – ''Memopol-2'' by Timo Toots (EE) *2013 – ''Pendulum Choir'' By Michel Décosterd (CH), André Décosterd (CH) ** Distinction – ''Rain Room'' by rAndom International (GB) ** Distinction – ''Voices of Aliveness'' by Masaki Fujihata (JP) *2014 – ''Loophole for All'' by Paolo Cirio(IT) *2016 – ''Can you hear me?'' by Mathias Jud(DE), Christoph Wachter (CH)

Internet-related categories

In the categories "World Wide Web" (1995–96) and ".net" (1997–2000), interesting web-based projects were awarded, based on criteria like web-specificity, community-orientation, identity and

interactivity Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", but m ...

. In 2001, the category became broader under the new name "Net Vision / Net Excellence", with rewards for innovation in the online medium.

World Wide Web

*1995 – ''Idea Futures'' by

Robin Hanson Robin Dale Hanson (born August 28, 1959) is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known for his work on idea futures and markets, ...

*1996 – ''Digital Hijack'' by

etoy Etoy is a European digital art group formed in 1994. It has won several international awards including the Prix Ars Electronica in 1996. Their main slogan is: "leaving reality behind." Etoy has routinely experimented with the boundaries of art, ...

** Second prizes: ''HyGrid'' by

SITO SITO is an online artist collective which began in January 1993, making it one of the oldest Internet-based art organizations. It was started by Ed Stastny and has been maintained by Stastny and a group of volunteers and supporters. __NOTOC__ Fro ...

and ''Journey as an exile''

.net

*1997 – ''Sensorium'' by Taos Project *1998 – ''IO_Dencies Questioning Urbanity'' by

*1999 –

Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, which ...

Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds ( , ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by Linux distributions and other operating systems such as Android. He also c ...

*2000 – '' In the Beginning... Was the Command Line'' (excerpts) by

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work exp ...

Net Vision / Net Excellence

*2001 – ''Banja'' by Team cHmAn and "PrayStation" by Joshua Davis *2002 – ''Carnivore'' by

Radical Software Group Radical may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics *Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change *Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ...

and "They Rule" by Josh On and Futurefarmers *2003 – ''

Habbo Hotel ''Habbo'' (formerly ''Habbo Hotel'') is an online community aimed at teens and young adults. It is owned and operated by Sulake, a Finnish company. Founded in 2000, Habbo has expanded to nine online communities (or "hotels"), with users from ...

'' and ''Noderunner'' by Yury Gitman and Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena *2004 – ''

Creative Commons Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has release ...

'' *2005 – ''Processing'' by

Benjamin Fry Benjamin Fry is an American designer who has expertise in data visualization. Early life and education Fry was born in 1975 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (born 1975)."Inside design now: National Design Triennial", by Ellen Lupton, Cooper-Hewitt Museu ...

Casey Reas Casey Edwin Barker Reas (born 1972), also known as C. E. B. Reas or Casey Reas, is an American artist whose conceptual, procedural and minimal artworks explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software. Reas is perhaps best known for having ...

and the Processing community *2006 – ''The Road Movie'' by exonemo

Digital Communities

A category begun in 2004 with support from SAP (and a separate ceremony in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

two months before the main Ars Electronica ceremony) to celebrate the 25th birthday of Ars Electronica. Two Golden Nicas were awarded. *2004 –

Wikipedia Wikipedia is a multilingual free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and using a wiki-based editing system. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read refer ...

and '' The World Starts With Me'' **Distinction: *** Open-Clothes *2005 – ''Akshaya'', an

information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (I ...

development program in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

**Distinction:

Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)#501(c)(3), 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed ...

(USA) and

Telestreet Telestreet is an Italian movement that set up free TV stations in several metropolitan areas in Italy. The movement started in Bologna with a small transmitting station, OrfeoTv, which was founded by 'media theorist'' and activist Franco "Bifo" Ber ...

– NewGlobalVision (Italy) *2006 – canal*ACCESSIBLE **Distinction: *** Codecheck (Roman Bleichenbacher CH) *** Proyecto Cyberela – Radio Telecentros (CEMINA) **Honorary Mentions: ***

Arduino Arduino () is an open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed unde ...

(Arduino) *** Charter97.org – News from Belarus *** CodeTree *** MetaReciclagem *** Mountain Forum *** Northfield.org *** Pambazuka News (Fahamu *** Semapedia *** stencilboard.at (Stefan Eibelwimmer (AT), Günther Kolar (AT)) *** The Freecycle Network *** The Organic City *** UgaBYTES Initiative (UgaBYTES Initiative (UG)) *2007 – Overmundo *2008 – 1 kg more **Distinction: PatientsLikeMe and

Global Voices Online Global Voices is an international community of writers, bloggers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide. It is a non-profit project started at the Berkman Center for Internet and S ...

*2009 – HiperBarrio by Álvaro Ramírez and

Gabriel Jaime Vanegas In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...

**Distinction: *** piratbyran.org *** wikileaks.org **Honorary Mentions: *** hackmeeting.org *** pad.ma ***

Maneno Maneno was a Weblog software, blogging application powered by PHP, Smarty (template engine), Smarty, and MySQL with Content management system, content management capabilities. Initially released in October, 2008, it focused on creating a multi-the ...

*** femalepressure.net *** metamute.org *** ubu.com *** canchas.org *** feraltrade.org *** flossmanuals.net *** wikiartpedia.org *** changemakers.net *** vocesbolivianas.org * 2010 –

Chaos Computer Club The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is Europe's largest association of hackers with 7,700 registered members. Founded in 1981, the association is incorporated as an ''eingetragener Verein'' in Germany, with local chapters (called ''Erfa-Kreise'') in ...

* 2011 – Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente ** Distinction: *** Bentham Papers Transcription Initiative (Transcribe Bentham) (UK). See also the project's Transcription Desk *** X_MSG * 2012 – Syrian people know their way * 2013 – ''El Campo de Cebada'' by El Campo de Cebada (ES) ** Distinction: ''Refugees United'' by Christopher Mikkelsen (DK), David Mikkelsen (DK) ** Distinction: ''Visualizing Palestine'' by Visualizing Palestine (PS) * 2014 – ''Project Fumbaro'' ''Eastern Japan'' by Takeo Saijo (JP)

References

External links

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ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE - PRIX

Past winners

Past winners (in german, more detailed)

Prix Ars Electronica 1987–1990
{{Authority control Awards established in 1987 Arts awards in Austria Animation awards Computer-related awards Digital media New media art festivals

Golden Nica winners

Computer animation / film / vfx

Computer Graphics

Computer Animation

Computer Animation/Visual Effects

Digital Music

Hybrid art

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Interactive Art

Internet-related categories

World Wide Web

.net

Net Vision / Net Excellence

Digital Communities

See also

References

External links

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