NOVA New Media Interactive Art Prize

  • Deadline:
    July 30, 2018, 4:07 p.m.
  • Location:
    China, New York, Austria

The Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation and the Big House Contemporary Art Center, Wuhan, China, announce an international call to new media artists for a juried competition to win a $16,000 cash prize and a three-city expenses-paid exhibition tour beginning at the 2018 Prix Ars Electronica Festival in Austria, traveling to Big House Contemporary Art Center in Wuhan, then to New York. The inaugural NOVA New Media Interactive Art Prize seeks to identify a visionary artist who incorporates new media and interactive methods in their work. The Prize is dedicated to uniting artistic concepts with future-oriented technologies, facilitating communication between artists and global audiences. Collaborating institutions for the NOVA Prize include some of the world’s most innovative art and cultural institutions, foundations, and art academies, such as New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art and Asia Society. The eight-person jury includes leading artists and contemporary art curators from the U.S., China, Austria, and Germany. The competition is open to artists around the world. The call-for-entries application for the 2018 award is available at http://www.bcaf.org.cn/NOVA/en1.shtml through July 30, 2018. After the jury reviews the digital applications, a winner will be announced on August 30, 2018. The NOVA New Media Interactive Art Prize will be awarded annually.