Join the Info Weapon Contest
and
Win the Information Weapon Award

One of the current paradigms on "war" is the solubility of the
frontlines and territory in general. We want to see what happens with
the weapons in such a situation.

Within the context of this year's Ars Electronica an independent
international Jury has been invited to assign the prize (1000 US$) to
the most outstanding information weapon with an accent on it's
functionality, design and successfulness. We are looking for software or
hardware tools that do not necessarily look like tools, and they can be
made or found by somebody or something that didn't necessarily try to
come up with a weapon. The (in-)visibility of today's info (anti-)wars
is going to be specially investigated.

This competition is posing the questions "What could info weapons look
like, if they are not simply e-mail bombs, spam or regular propaganda
and disinformation campaigns on the 'content' level? Are we only
condemned to be passive consumers and protect ourselves against the
hostile environments of info overload? Can we still act and attack? How
about the art of information warfare?"

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The award can be divided in equal parts between the author of the weapon
and the person that submits this weapon to the jury.

Information weapons created during the last fiscal year will have
advantage over weapons from previous times or historical periods.

The Jury also wishes to distance itself from any usage of the term
"terrorism" due to the lack of its clear definition.

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Further reading:
http://www.aec.at/infowar/NETSYMPOSIUM/ARCH-EN/msg00000.html

Procedure: All submissions will be done by e-mail (weapon@aec.at), and
should contain the following: weapon's name, contact of the
author/submitter, 2k max description and explanation.

Deadline: June the 1st

Jury members: Vuk Cosic (chair), Marko Peljhan, Josephine Starrs,
Rtmark, Heath Bunting, Oliver Frommel, Natalie Jeremienko, Zina Keye,
Manuel de Landa (tbc)