The Prix Ars Electronica 2001 marks the 15th edition of the competition
for cyberarts, which is organized by the Austrian Broadcasting
Corporation (ORF), Upper Austrian Regional Studio, in conjunction with
the Ars Electronica Festival. From the start, the Prix Ars Electronica
has been conceived as an open platform for various disciplines in the
field of digital media design at the intersection of technology, art,
science and society. Accordingly, over the course of the years, it has
repeatedly been renewed, in order to be able to take the rapid
developments in the realm of information technologies into account.

The Prix Ars Electronica 2001 is announced internationally for the
categories of Net Vision / Net Excellence, Interactive Art, Digital
Musics, Computer Animation/Visual Effects. In addition, there is also a
competition category for young people under the age of 19 in Austria:
Cybergeneration - u19 freestyle computing. The international juries will
award 6 x 3 money prizes and 6x up to 12 Honorary Mentions.

The competition category .net was initiated in 1995 and will be now
opened to the whole spectrum of new developments and trends in the world
wide web. This year, two Golden Nicas and four awardsfor high cultural
impact in the net will be given away.

NetVision signalizes projects wich surprise in their anticipative and
innovative commerce in the net. NetExcellence signalizes projects wich
are significant in the contents of originality and show creative
processing in State-of- the-Art implementations.

A nomination comitte of experts and webprofessionals represents the
different topics like: arts & culture, politics, society, buisness &
economy, entertainment, media, technology and science.

The total prize money for the Prix Ars Electronica 2001 amounts to Euro
100.000 (US$ 89,700). Selected works of all categories will be presented
to the public in the exhibition Cyberarts 2001 at the O.K Center for
Contemporary Art during the Ars Electronica Festival.

You will find detailed information on each category, the names of the
Jury members, the competition regulations and all information you need
to register online under: http://prixars.orf.at

Deadline for entries is April 7, 2001 (postmarked)!

Please send your complete submission on time to ORF/ Prix Ars
Electronica 2001 Europaplatz 3 A-4021 Linz (Austria)

Online Registration: