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Decision at Prix Ars Electronica '90Author(s): Christine SchöpfSource: Leonardo, Vol. 24, No. 5 (1991), p. 619Published by: The MIT PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1575672 .

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Decision at Prix Ars Electronica '90

Christine Schbpf

Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica, sponsored by Siemens AG Corpora- tion, has been organized by the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation's Upper Austrian Regional Studios. Priz Ars Electronica, with 1.25 million Austrian schillings (AS) (approxi- mately U.S. $104,500), the world's

highest money award in computer arts, welcomed a record number of entries for its 1990 edition. The juries were presented with 1,233 entries by 682 artists from 31 countries.

The results of the 1990 Prix Ars Electronica confirmed the achieve- ments of many pioneers in computer arts. The prize also reflected the

rapid advances made in computer art in the past few years.

In each of the four categories, one Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica Award, two Distinction Awards and a maximum of 12 Honorary Mentions

may be presented to winners. The Golden Nica Award for Computer An- imation is presented with a prize of AS 300,000 (U.S. $25,000); each Dis- tinction for Computer Animation Award is presented with a prize of AS 100,000 (U.S. $8,630). In other cate-

gories, the Golden Nicas are accom-

panied by AS 150,000 (U.S. $12,540) each, and the Distinction Awards by AS 50,000 or (U.S. $4,180).

The Golden Nica Award for Com-

puter Animation went to Italian ar- tists Mario Sasso, a painter and video/media artist, and Nicola Sani, a computer musician for Footprint. Win- ners of the two Distinction in Com-

puter Animation Awards were Ameri- can Robert Lurye with Dirty Power and French artist Philippe Andrevon with Star Life.

In the Computer Graphics cate-

gory the Golden Nica was awarded to Manfred Mohr, a German computer graphics artist living in New York, for P-41 1-A. The two Distinction for Com-

puter Graphics Awards were pre- sented to Americans Bill Davison for

Christine Sch6pf, Arts and Science Department, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF, Franckstrasse 2a, 4020 Linz, Austria.

Received 23July 1990.

Costa Rica and Charles Csuri for Gos- sip. This was Csuri's second Distinc- tion Award. Both artists have played an important part in the 30-year his- tory of computer graphics.

In 1990, the music jury awarded only one Distinction to a pioneer of new music. The recipient was Ger- man composer Karlheinz Stock- hausen.

The number of entries in Interac- tive Arts-a category introduced for the first time in 1990-was unex-

pectedly high. The Golden Nica was awarded to American Myron Krueger for his interactive system Videoplace. Krueger presented the first version of

Videoplace in 1970 and has been

developing it on an ongoing basis ever since. Thus the award was also a

recognition of his overall achieve- ment in technological innovation in interactive arts. The Distinction in In- teractive Arts Awards were presented to the Netherlands-based Australian artistJeffrey Shaw for his installation The Legible City and to Canadian Nor- man White for The Helpless Robot.

In addition to the money awards, the three juries of Prix Ars Electron- ica '90 awarded 39 Honorary Men- tions:

Computer Animation Rebecca Allen (U.S.A.): Steady State Flavia Alman (Italy): Photosyntesi Paul Coudsi (France): Reveil Christiane Geoffroy (France): Geo- Genetic Steve Goldberg (U.S.A.): Locomotion Jeff Kleiser/Dian Walczak (U.S.A.): Don't 7ouch Me William Latham (U.K.): A Sequence from the Evolution of Form

John Lasseter (U.S.A.): Knickknack Denis Muren (U.S.A.): The Abyss Eihachiro Nakamae (Japan): A Pass-

ing Shower Alan Norton (U.S.A.): Tipsy Turvy Gerhard Pakesch (Austria): Sonata per Guitarra Electrica Karl Sims (U.S.A.): Particle Dreams

Computer Graphics Yoshiyuki Abe (apan/Austria): Com- munication-Dawn

Char Davies (Canada): Leaf Sandra Filippucci (U.S.A.): Lunar Trees Andreas Henrich (Germany): Raum 1 A. Scott Howe (U.S.A.): Dynamic Intel- ligent Building: Atrium Don P. Miller (U.S.A.): Sentinel #2

Joseph Nechvatal (U.S.A.): Compas- sion Rules Mike North (U.K.): Broken Circles Num- ber 7 (H) 1st Version Daniel Pirofsky (U.S.A.): Eye of the Storm Stanislaw Sasak (Poland): Time Achim StoBer (Germany): Die Aus- gangstiirfiihrt hinein Arjen van der Meulen (The Nether- lands): Moment-Aufnahme

Computer Music Zorah Mari Bauer (Austria): Volksliederfiir gemischte Stimmen and Sampler Jonathan Harvey (U.K.): Ritual Melo- dies for Quadrophonic Tape Ake Parmerud (Sweden): Stringquartett

Interactive Arts Kyoko Abe (apan/Austria): Fuji fur Tonband, Sopran, Tanz und Bild Stuart Bender/Angelo Funicelli (U.S.A.): Seven Prophecies Benjamin Britton (U.S.A.): Je suis (un readymade) Waltraut Cooper (Austria): Chronik Peter D'Agostino (U.S.A.): 7ransmis- sions: In the WELL Richard Greene (U.S.A.): Light Strokes Chico MacMurtrie (U.S.A.): The 7rees are Walking Robert Mulder/Kristi Allik (Canada): Alambic Rhythms Michael Rodemer (Germany): A Re- membrance of the Victims of National Socialism Ruth Schnell (Austria): Tiirfiir Huxley Jill Scott (Australia): Machine Dreams Tamas Waliczky (Hungary): Conversa- tion

Artists interested in submitting en- tries for Prix Ars Electronica 1992 should contact Prix Ars Electronica, c/o ORF, Franckstrasse 2a, A-4010 Linz, Austria.

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