LIFE 3.0 International Competition - Call for Participation

This is a call for submission of art works to the second edition of an
international competition on "art and artificial life." We are looking
for works in electronic and digital media that cross-over with the field
of a-life research. Artists whose work uses digital synthesis techniques
and whose conceptual concerns are related to synthetic life and
artificial evolution; are invited to submit their pieces. The work may
employ techniques such as digital genetics, autonomous robotics,
recursive chaotic algorithms, knowbots, computer viruses, avatars,
evolving behaviours or virtual ecosystems.

An international jury (Daniel Canogar, Joe Faith, Machiko Kusahara,
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Sally Jane Norman and Nell Tenhaaf) will grant
three cash awards, with a first prize of US $5,000 (2nd Prize:$3,500 -
3rd Prize:$1,500), plus seven honorary mentions to the most innovative
electronic art projects related to a-life. Furthermore, works that are
awarded a monetary prize or selected for an honorary mention will be
included in a "Best of LIFE 3.0" video which will be aired on specialty
television programs and circulated at festivals worldwide. Assessment
will be based on video documentation submitted along with an application
form. The deadline for submission is Thursday September 28, 2000.

The Life 3.0 International Competition is sponsored by the Fundacion
Telefonica in Madrid, Spain.