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

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

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

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

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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 €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 Nike of Samothrace. 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, UK *1988 – ''The Battle'' by David Sherwin, 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 Bill Woodard, US *1992 – ''RD Texture Buttons'' by Michael Kass and Andrew Witkin, 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.'' 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 – ''

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'' by

, US *1989 – B''roken Heart'' by Joan Staveley, US *1990 – ''Footprint'' by Mario Sasso and Nicola Sani, IT *1991 – ''Panspermia'' by Karl Sims, US *1992 – ''Liquid Selves / Primordial Dance'' by Karl Sims, US *1993 – ''Lakmé'' by Pascal Roulin, BE *1994 – '' Jurassic Park'' 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 Be ...

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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, 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, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), US

Computer Animation/Visual Effects

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

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'' by 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.'' 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) ...

, Pete Docter 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 (film), Ryan''. He has made many Computer-generated imagery, CGI animated films since the mid-1990s, including ''The En ...

, 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 ...

'' 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, Californ ...

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

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

*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 (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 ( electroa ...

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 ...

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

*1990 – None *1991 – Category omitted *1992 – Alejandro Viñao *1993 – Bernard Parmegiani *1994 – Ludger Brümmer *1995 – Trevor Wishart *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 D. James) and Chris Cunningham (joint award) ** Distinction: ''Birthdays'' by Ikue Mori (JP) ** Distinction: Mego (label), ''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 sample ...

, ''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: '' Minidisc'' 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 *2001 – ''Matrix'' by Ryoji Ikeda *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,

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 Utah Kawasaki (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 Eliane Radigue *2007 – ''Reverse-Simulation Music'' by Mashiro Miwa *2008 – Reactable by Sergi Jordà (ES), Martin Kaltenbrunner (AT), Günter Geiger (AT) and Marcos Alonso (ES) *2009 – ''Speeds of Time versions 1 and 2'' by Bill Fontana (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 (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

Helen Evans Helen de Lacey Evans ( Carter; 1833/1834 – 4 October 1903) was the fifth member of the Edinburgh Seven, a group of women who enrolled at the University of Edinburgh in 1869, and who sought to qualify as physicians. She married the editor of Th ...

(FR/UK) and

Heiko Hansen Heiko may refer to: * Heiko (given name) (including a list of people with the name) * Heiko (film), a 2008 short film See also * HEICO * Hayko (disambiguation) Hayko (in Armenian Հայկո) or Haigo in Western Armenian is an Armenian first nam ...

(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 is ...

(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)

he next ideavoestalpine 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, attributed to Tim Berners-Lee *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 i ...

and

Toshio Iwai is a Japanese interactive media and 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. Education and earl ...

*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 *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?'' 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 *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 ...

, 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 mo ...

. 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, a ...

*1996 – ''Digital Hijack'' by etoy ** 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, w ...

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 ...

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

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'' and ''Noderunner'' by Yury Gitman and Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena *2004 – '' Creative Commons'' *2005 – ''Processing'' by Benjamin Fry, Casey Reas 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 most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

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

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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 (computing), data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information te ...

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)(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 under copyleft (" ...

(USA) and Telestreet – 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 under ...

(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 ...

*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 *** 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'') i ...

* 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