20,000 euros await the winners of the STARTS Prize 2016. Appointed by
the European Commission, Ars Electronica is launching an international
prize to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the
field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and
technology with the arts.
Entries Are Now Being Accepted
This is an open call for entries in conjunction with an initiative
launched by the European Commission: STARTS. The name stands for
innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS.
Two prizes – €20,000 each – will be bestowed this year:
One for artistic exploration and projects in which the artistic
approach has significant potential to influence or change the way
technology is deployed, developed or perceived, and
One for innovative cooperative ventures teaming up industry/technology
and art (and cultural & creative sectors in general) in ways that open
up new paths for innovation.
This competition specifically seeks:
Trailblazing forms of collaboration and projects essentially
characterized by both technology and art; strictly artistically or
strictly technologically oriented projects are not what STARTS is
looking for.
Any and all artistic works and practices having to do with innovation
in the areas of technology, business and/or society. This competition
is not limited to a particular genre such as media art and digital
art.
All forms of technological and scientific research that are inspired
by art or in which artists are integrated as catalysts of new ways of
seeing things. This includes but is not limited to information &
communications technology.
Artists or artists’ collectives, creative professionals, researchers
and companies throughout the world. This competition is not limited to
citizens of EU-member states.
A project may be submitted for prize consideration simultaneously to
the STARTS competition as well as a Prix Ars Electronica category
(Computer Animation/Film/VFX, Digital Communities or Interactive Art).
Several special events are being planned to honor and showcase the
projects singled out for recognition with a STARTS Prize:
Awards ceremony at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria
September 8-12, 2016
Exhibition featuring the prizewinning projects at the 2016 Ars
Electronica Festival
STARTS Forum at the 2016 Ars Electronica Festival
Exhibition featuring the prizewinning projects at the BOZAR Electronic
Art Festival in Brussels, Belgium September 23-25, 2016
STARTS INITIATIVE:https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict-art-starts-platform
STARTS PRIZE: http://starts-prize.aec.at
The entry deadline is March 4, 2016.