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Peter Schoeber

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Jan 10, 1994, 12:13:58 PM1/10/94

Dear friend of computer and multi media art!

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA,the world's highest prized computer art competition is
open for entries.

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*The total PRIZE-MONEY for 1994 will be more than 100.000 US$ *
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The "regulations of the competition and the entry forms" will be sent to you
in the next few days.

If you would like to have them on hard copy, please sent us an email.

The categories in which you can enter are:

COMPUTER ANIMATION
COMPUTER MUSIC
COMPUTER IMAGES
INTERACTIVE ART

You will receive more detail information, meanwhile

Kind Regards

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA TEAM

Peter Schoeber, ORF Landesstudio OOE Redaktion Ku/Wi
Europaplatz 3 4010 Linz, AUSTRIA
Tel.: ++43-732-6900-267 Fax: ++43-732-6900-270

Peter Schoeber

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Jan 10, 1994, 12:16:06 PM1/10/94

PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA - Competition Rules

Prix Ars Electronica 94
International Competition for the Computer Arts
Total Amount: 1,250.000 ATS (US$ 103.750)

Participate in the world's most prominent computer art competition.

Become a member of the Prix Ars Electronica community - win the Golden Nica
Award!

Categories: Animation, Images, Music, Interactive Art

MONEY AWARDS:

COMPUTERANIMATION
Golden Nica Award - Austrian Schillings (ATS) 300,000 (US$ 24,900)
two Distinctions ATS 100,000 (US$ 8,300) each

COMPUTERIMAGES
Golden Nica Award - ATS 100,000 (US$ 8,300)
two Distinctions ATS 50,000 (US$ 4,150) each

COMPUTERMUSIC
Golden Nica Award - ATS 150,000 (US$ 12,450)
two Distinctions ATS 50,000 (US$ 4,150) each

INTERACTIVE ART
Golden Nica Award - ATS 200,000 (US$ 16,600)
two Distinctions
ATS 50,000 (US$ 4,150 ) each

Dollar: November 1993

Jury:

Computeranimation:
Michael Tolson (USA), Rolf Herken (D), Matt Mullican (USA), Lucy Petrovich (USA)
Peter Weibel (A)

Computerimages:
Michael Tolson (USA), Rolf Herken (D), Matt Mullican (USA), Lucy Petrovich (USA)
Peter Weibel (A)

Interactive Art:
Roy Ascott (GB), Johnie Hugh Horn (USA), Roger Malina (USA),
Michael Naimark (USA), Florian Rtzer (D)

Computermusic
Charles Amirkhanian (USA), Lars Gunnar Bodin (S), Werner Jauk (A), Ivanka
Stoianova (F), Trevor Wishart (GB)

Hannes Leopolseder (A)
(chairman of the overall jury, without vote).

On the following pages you will find the detailled competition rules of the
Prix Ars Electronica .
For additional questions feel free to call the Prix Ars Electronica Office:

ORF-Prix Ars Electronica 93
Europaplatz 3
A-4010 Linz/Austria
Phone: ++43(732)6900-267 Fax: ++43(732)6900-270 Telex: ++21616
e-mail: scho...@jk.uni-linz.ac.at

The Golden Nica Winners since 1987
John Lasseter (1987/88), Brian Reffin Smith (1987), Denis Smalley (1988), David
Sherwin (1988), Joan Staveley (1989) Kaija Saariaho (1989), Tams Waliczky
(1989), Mario Sasso/Nicola Sani (1990), Manfred Mohr (1990), Myron Krueger
(1990) Karl Sims (1991/92), Bill Woodard (1991), Paul Sermon (1991), Andrew
Witkin/Michael Kass (1992) Alejandro Viao (1992), Monika Fleischmann/Wolfgang
Strauss (1992), Pascal Roulin (1993), Michael Tolson (1993)
Bernard Parmegiani (1993), Knowbotic Research (1993)

COMPUTERANIMATION

AWARDS

One Golden Nica,
Austrian Schillings 300,000 (US$ 24.900).
Two Distinctions,
Austrian Schillings 100,000 (US$ 8.300) each.
Up to twelve Honorary Mentions.

ENTRY

This category of the Prix Ars Electronica 94 is open to computer animations from
different areas - art, culture, science and entertainment. You may enter
computer generated motion pictures created by programming computer individually
and/or by making creative use of available computer programs. Digital
integration of - or combination with - film that has been produced by
traditional means is allowed.

The submitted work(s) shall clearly demonstrate the use of the computer for the
production of imagery which otherwise could not have been obtained. Submittants
in computer animation may enter up to a three works with a duration of not less
than one and not more than five minutes each (not including final credits).

Each participant may enter in several different categories. The total number of
entries per participant, however, is limited to three. Should you want to enter
in different categories, please observe the formalities of entering in each
category and use the appropriate forms.

JURY

All entries (in the sequence of arrival) shall be judged by a jury of experts on
the criteria of creativity, innovation, expression, composition and conceptual
design.
Jury: Michael Tolson (USA), Rolf Herken(D), Matt Mullican (USA), Lucy Petrovich
(USA), Peter Weibel (A), Hannes Leopoldseder (A), chairman of the overall jury,
without vote.

LICENCES

Should sound or video material from extraneous sources be used in the work, the
participant is obligated to obtain the necessary licences for the use of said
material.

RIGHTS

The Prix Ars Electronica wants to present the computer arts to as wide an
audience as possible. This is done every year by thorough PR-work, by presenting
and publishing the award winning entries through print media, radio and
television both domestic and abroad, and by documenting these works in the
yearly book, video, CD and CD-Rom distributed at Ars Electronica Festival and
thereafter.

In order to secure the publi-cation of the Prix Ars Electro-nica and its yearly
winners, the participants agree that the works entered be used in the above way.
Any other use of the entries that is not in direct connection with the Prix Ars
Electronica and any commercial use is not included in the said agreement. Any
copyright will remain with the participant.

For the winners of the three money awards, the prize money also covers a
possible broadcast on television. In the case of a broadcast, the winners of
honorary mentions shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the valid
fee regulations of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation ORF.

The yearly call for participation for the Prix Ars Electronica since 1987 has
been made possible only through the engagement of sponsors offering a continuous
forum to the electronic arts. The participants agree that the sponsors be
allowed to use the material entered for publicizing the sponsors engagement at
Prix Ars Electronica. Any commercial use of the entries by the sponsor is
excluded.

Computer Arts
Museum

Beginning in 1996, the Ars Electronica Festival and the Prix Ars Electronica
will be complemented by the Ars Electronica Center as a permanent exhibition
space for electronic arts in Linz/Austria. This museum shall incorporate all
works entered for the Prix Ars Electronica since 1987 and make them accessible
to the public. Therefore, all entries shall be included in the Prix Ars
Electronica Archive after the competition.

AWARD PRESENTATION

The award presentation of Prix Ars Electronica 94 shall take place during the
Prix Ars Electronica Gala 94 on June 22, at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studios. This award presentation is broadcast live in Austrian Television and on
3SAT TV satellite programm. The award winners (Golden Nica and Distinctions)
agree to personally accept their awards and to present their work in a lecture
during Prix Ars Electronica ArtistsU Forum on June 23 and 24, 1994.

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. A completed and signed entry form (see page A) for Computer Animation. With
your signature you accept the competition rules to their full extent. You grant
the organizers of Prix Ars Electronica the rights to use your entry or entries
in the way described in the rules. All artistic and commercial rights remain
with you.

2. For the jury assessment, submit your entry (clearly labelled) on VHS or
S-VHS (PAL or NTSC) video cassette. Participants winning a money award or an
honorary mention agree to put at the organizersU disposition a technically
perfect copy (first copy of master tape). This copy will be returned after the
festival.

3. Six still images from each work submitted (color slides)

4. A b/w photograph of the contributor.

5. A biography of the contributor.

6. A description of each animation submitted (1 to 1.5 A4-size pages): Contents,
concept and technical realization.

7. A book shall be published again for Prix Ars Electronica 94 including the 15
best entries in each category as well as the names and addresses of all
participants. Each participant will receive a copy of the book. Therefore we may
ask you to observe a maximum of care in preparing your picture and text
material, for these will be printed in case you should win an award.

INFORMATION:
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
TEL.: ++43(732)6900-218
Christine Schpf

ENTRY Deadline
February 28, 1994

COMPUTERIMAGES

Awards

One Golden Nica,
Austrian Schillings 100,000 (US$ 8.300).
Two Distinctions,
Austrian Schillings 50,000 (US$ 4.150) each.
Up to twelve Honorary Mentions.

ENTRY

This category of the Prix Ars Electronica 94 is open to computer images from
different areas - art, culture, science, and research. You may enter computer
generated still images created by programming computers individually and/or by
making creative use of available computer programms.

The submitted work(s) shall clearly demonstrate the use of the computer for the
production of images that other-wise could not have been created.

Submittants in computer images may enter up to three works. Each participant may
enter in several different categories. The total number of entries per
participant, however, is limited to three. Should you want to enter in
different categories, please observe the formalities of entering in each
category and use the appropriate forms.

JURY

All entries (in the sequence of arrival) shall be judged by a jury of experts on
the criteria of creativity, innovation, expression, composition and conceptual
design
Computerimages Jury: Michael Tolson (USA), Rolf Herken (D), Matt Mullican (USA),
Lucy Petrovich (USA), Peter Weibel (A), Hannes Leopoldseder (A), chairman of the
overall jury, without vote.

LICENCES

Should any visuals from extraneous sources be used in the work, the participant
is obligated to obtain the necessary licences for the use of said material.

RIGHTS

In order to secure the publication of the Prix Ars Electronica and its yearly
winners, the participants agree that the works entered be used in the above way.
Any other use of the entries that is not in direct connection with the Prix Ars
Electronica and any commercial use is not included in the said agreement. Any
copyright will remain with the participant.

COMPUTER ARTS MUSEUM

AWARD PRESENTATION

The award presentation of Prix Ars Electronica 94 shall take place during the
Prix Ars Electronica Gala 94 on June 22, at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studios. This award presentation is broadcast live in Austrian Television and on
3SAT TV satellite program. The award winners (Golden Nica and Distinctions)
agree to personally accept their awards and to present their work in a lecture
during Prix Ars Electronica ArtistsU Forum on June 23 and 24, 1993.

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. A completed and signed entry form (see page B) for Computer Images. With your
signature you accept the competition rules to their full extent. You grant the
organizers of Prix Ars Electronica the rights to use your entry or entries in
the way described in the rules. All artistic and commercial rights remain with
you.

2. For the jury assessment, submit your works as 35 mm slides taken from any
two-dimensional original material. Participants winning a money award or an
honorary mention agree to put at the organizersU disposition a technically
perfect copy, if such is technically feasible. This copy will be returned after
the festival.

3. A b/w photograph of the contributor.

4. A biography of the contributor.

5. A description of each graphic submitted (1 to 1.5 A4- size pages): Contents,
concept and technical realization.

6. A book shall be published again for Prix Ars Electronica 94 including the 15
best entries in each category as well as the names and addresses of all
participants. Each participant will receive a copy of the book. Therefore we may
ask you to observe a maximum of care in preparing your picture and text
material, for these will be printed in case you should win an award.

INFORMATION:
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
TEL.: ++43(732)6900-218
Christine Schpf

ENTRY DEADLINE
FEBRUARY 28, 1994

COMPUTERMUSIC

AWARDS

One Golden Nica,
Austrian Schillings 150,000 (US$ 12.450).
Two Distinctions,
Austrian Schillings 50,000 (US$ 4.150) each.
Up to twelve Honorary Mentions.

ENTRY

You may submit digitally produced music pieces. The works can be completed with
analog recording techniques and be composed with natural instrument or voices
both live or recorded. The number of natural instruments or voices is limited to
a small ensemble.

Submittants in Computer Music may enter up to three works. Each participant may
enter in several different categories. The total number of entries per
participant, however, is limited to three. Should you want to enter in different
categories, please observe the formalities of entering in each category and use
the appropriate forms.

JURY

All entries (in the sequence of arrival) shall be judged by a jury of experts.
The innovative and creative use of the computer in the work will receive the
juryUs special consideration.
Computermusic Jury: Charles Amirkhanian (USA), Lars Gunnar Bodin (S), Werner
Jauk (A), Ivanka Stoianova (F), Trevor Wishart GB), Hannes Leopoldseder (A),
chairman of the overall jury, without vote.

LICENCES

Should sound material from extraneous sources be used in the work, the
participant is obligated to obtain the necessary licences for the use of said
material.

RIGHTS

The Prix Ars Electronica wants to present the computer arts to as wide an
audience as possible. This is done every year by thorough PR-work, by presenting
and publishing the award winning entries through print media, radio and
television both domestic and abroad, and by documenting these works in the
yearly book, CD and CD-Rom distributed at the Ars Electronica Festival and
thereafter.

The yearly call for participation for the Prix Ars Electronica since 1987 has
been made possible only through the engagement of sponsors offering a continuous
forum to the electronic art. The participants agree that the sponsors be allowed
to use the material entered for publicizing the sponsors engagement at Prix Ars
Electronica. Any commercial use of the entries by the sponsor is excluded.

Winning a money award or an honorary mention in the competition does not
automatically mean that the work will be realized in a concert within the Ars
Electronica Festival. To allow the organizers to assess the feasibility of a
realization, please give us detailed information about your project or work.

COMPUTER ARTS MUSEUM

AWARD PRESENTATION

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. A completed and signed entry form (see page C) for Computer Music. With
your signature you accept the competition rules to their full extent. You grant
the organizers of Prix Ars Electronica the rights to use your entry or entries
in the way described in the rules. All artistic and commercial rights remain
with you.

2. For the jury assessment, the competition entries are to be submitted in the
following technical quality: 1/4S tape (19 cm/sec or 38 cm/sec), studio quality,
stereo, full-track or DAT-cassette. The tapes must be wound on DIN reels,
NAB-reels or AEG-bobines head out. Any measuring or dolby tones edited on the
tape must be defined in volume, frequency and duration.

3. A complete musical score if natural voices and/or instruments are used in the
composition.

4. A b/w photograph of the contributor.

5. A biography of the contributor.

6. A description of each work (1 to 1.5 A4-size pages): technical conception,
devices, realization.

INFORMATION:
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
TEL.: ++43(732)6900-224
Wolfgang Winkler

ENTRY DEADLINE
FEBRUARY 28, 1994

INTERACTIVE ART

AWARDS

One Golden Nica,
Austrian Schillings 200,000 (US$ 16.600).
Two Distinctions,
Austrian Schillings 50,000 (US$ 4,150) each.
Up to twelve Honorary Mentions.

ENTRY

This category of the Prix Ars Electronica 94 is open to interactive art of all
types (interactive installations and performances, audience involvement, virtual
reality, hypermedia, telecommunications etc.)
Entries can be accepted only if the work entered has been realized to such an
extent that its documentation allows for assessment by the jury. Project
proposals for new works (that are as yet not realized to the above extent)
cannot be taken into consideration.
The submitted work(s) shall clearly demonstrate the special capacities and the
significant role of the computer in the interaction.
Entries in this category can be submitted as video documentations, design
sketches, descriptions, photographs, slides etc. Please see below for submission
details.

Submittants in interactive art may enter up to three works. Each participant may
enter in several different categories. The total number of entries per
participant, however, is limited to three.

JURY

All entries (in the sequence of arrival) shall be judged by a jury of experts on
the criteria of innovative and creative use of the computer.
Interactive Art Jury: Roy Ascott (GB), Johnie Hugh Horn (USA), Roger Malina
(USA), Michael Naimark (USA), Florian Rtzer (D), Hannes Leopoldseder (A),
chairman of the overall jury, without vote.

LICENCES

Should any sound or video material from extraneous sources be used in the work,
the participant is obligated to obtain the necessary licences for the use of
said material.

RIGHTS

Any commercial use of the entries by the sponsor is excluded.

Winning a money award or an honorary mention in interactive art does not
necessarily imply that the winning entry will be realized within the Ars
Electronica Festival. In order to allow the organizers to assess a possible
realization, please give us as detailed a description as possible.

COMPUTER ARTS MUSEUM

AWARD PRESENTATION

The award presentation of Prix Ars Electronica 94 shall take place during the
Prix Ars Electronica Gala 94 on June 22, at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studios. This award presentation is broadcast live in Austrian Television and on
3SAT TV satellite program. The award winners (Golden Nica and Distinctions)
agree to personally accept their awards and to present their work in a lecture
during Prix Ars Electronica ArtistsU Forum on June 23 and 24, 1993.

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. A completed and signed entry form (see page D) for Interactive Art. With
your signature you accept the competition rules to their full extent. You grant
the organizers of Prix Ars Electronica the rights to use your entry or entries
in the way described in the rules. All artistic and commercial rights remain
with you.

2. For the jury assessment, submit a video tape (VHS, S-VHS; PAL or NTSC) with
a maximum duration of 10 minutes documenting the work(s) entered. Please design
the tape as to render clearly visible for the jury the kind of interaction
involved in the work, the role of the participant(s) and the functions of the
work.
The video shall be divided into two sections: The first section should describe
conception, interaction etc. as clearly as possible; the second part of the tape
should demonstrate the technical components of the work (hardware, spatial
requirements etc.).

3. Additional descriptions, layout sketches and photographic material.

4. A b/w photograph of the contributor.

5. A biography of the contributor.

6. A description of the artistic concept (1 to 1.5 A4-size pages)

INFORMATION:
PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
TEL.: ++43(732)6900-218
Christine Schpf

ENTRY DEADLINE
FEBRUARY 28, 1994

The PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 94 is underwritten by KAPSCH AG, with generous support
from the City of Linz, the Province of Upper Austria, the RAMADA Hotel Linz and
CASINOS AUSTRIA

The entry forms will follow with the next mail.

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