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Prix Ars Electronica

The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by Ars Electronica.

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, 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, US Computer Animation • 1987 – Luxo Jr. by John Lasseter, US • 1988 – ''Red's Dream'' by John Lasseter, US • 1989 – Broken 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, Mark Dippé and Steve Williams, US/CA • Distinction: Quarxs by Maurice Benayoun, FR • Distinction: K.O. Kid by Marc Caro, FR • 1995 – ''God's Little Monkey'' by David Atherton and Bob Sabiston, US • 1996 – Toy Story by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ralph Eggleston, US • 1997 – Dragonheart by Scott Squires, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), US Computer Animation/Visual Effects with the Golden Nica for "Madame Tutli-Putli" (2008) • 1998 – The Sitter by Liang-Yuan Wang, TW • Titanic by Robert Legato and Digital Domain, US • 1999 – Bunny by Chris Wedge, US • What Dreams May Come by Mass Illusions, POP, Digital Domain, Vincent Ward, Stephen Simon and Barnet Bain, US • 2000 – Maly Milos by Jakub Pistecky, CA • Maaz by Christian Volckman, FR • 2001 – Le Processus by Xavier de l’Hermuzičre and Philippe Grammaticopoulos, FR • 2002 – Monsters, Inc. by Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Pete Docter and David Silverman, US • 2003 – Tim Tom by Romain Segaud and Cristel Pougeoise, FR • 2004 – Ryan by Chris Landreth, 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 from Pixar • 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, (UK) • 2008 – Madame Tutli-Putli by Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski. (Directors), Jason Walker (Special Visual Effects), National Film Board of Canada • 2009 – ''HA'Aki'' by Iriz Pääbo, National Film Board of Canada • 2010 – Nuit Blanche by Arev Manoukian (Director), Marc-André Gray (Visual Effects Artist), National Film Board of Canada • 2011 – Metachaos by Alessandro Bavari (IT) • 2012 – Rear Window Loop by Jeff Desom (LU) • Distinction: Caldera by Evan Viera/Orchid Animation (US) • Distinction: Rise of the Planet of the Apes by Weta Digital (NZ)/Twentieth Century Fox • 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) 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 (DE/IT) Hybrid art • 2007 – Symbiotica • 2008 – Pollstream – Nuage Vert by Helen Evans (FR/UK) and Heiko Hansen (FR/DE) HeHe • 2009 – Natural History of the Enigma by Eduardo Kac (US) • 2010 – Ear on Arm by Stelarc (AU) • 2011 – May the Horse Live in me by Art Orienté Objet (FR) • 2012 – Bacterial radio by Joe Davis (US) • Distinction: Free Universal Construction Kit (F.U.C.K.) by Golan Levin and Shawn Sims • 2013 – Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, Koen Vanmechelen (BE) • 2015 – Plantas Autofotosintéticas, Gilberto Esparza (MX) • 2017 – K-9_topology, Maja Smrekar (SI) [the next idea voestalpine Art and Technology Grant • 2009 – Open_Sailing by Open_Sailing Crew led by Cesar Harada. • 2010 – Hostage by [Frederik De Wilde]. • 2011 – Choke Point Project by P2P Foundation (NL). • 2012 – qaul.net – tools for the next revolution by Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud • 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 by Julius von Bismarck (Germany) • 2009 – Nemo Observatorium by Laurence Malstaf (Belgium) • 2010 – The Eyewriter by Zachary Lieberman, Evan Roth, James Powderly, Theo Watson, Chris Sugrue, Tempt1 • 2011 – Newstweek by Julian Oliver (NZ) and Danja Vasiliev (RU) • 2012 – Memopol-2 by Timo Toots (EE) • 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. 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 • 1996 – Digital Hijack by etoy • Second prizes: HyGrid by SITO and Journey as an exile .net • 1997 – Sensorium by Taos Project • 1998 – IO_Dencies Questioning Urbanity by Knowbotic Research • 1999 – Linux by Linus Torvalds • 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 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 , receives a 2004 Golden Nica. A category begun in 2004 with support from SAP (and a separate ceremony in New York City two months before the main Ars Electronica ceremony) to celebrate the 25th birthday of Ars Electronica. Two Golden Nicas were awarded. • 2004 – Wikipedia and The World Starts With Me • Distinction: • Krebs-Kompass • Open-Clothes • 2005 – Akshaya, an information technology development program in India • Distinction: Free Software Foundation (USA) and TelestreetNewGlobalVision (Italy) • 2006 – canal*ACCESSIBLE • Distinction: • Codecheck (Roman Bleichenbacher CH) • Proyecto Cyberela – Radio Telecentros (CEMINA) • Honorary Mentions: • Arduino (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 • 2009 – HiperBarrio by Álvaro Ramírez and Gabriel Jaime Vanegas • Distinction: • piratbyran.orgwikileaks.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 • 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) ==See also==
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