The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the best known and longest running yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art,

computer animation Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes (still images) and dynamic images (moving images), while computer animation refe ...

, digital culture and music. It has been awarded since 1987 by

Ars Electronica Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in the ...

( Linz,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

). In 2005, the Golden Nica, the highest prize, was awarded in six categories: "Computer Animation/Visual Effects," "Digital Musics," "Interactive Art," "Net Vision," "Digital Communities" and the "u19" award for "freestyle computing." Each Golden Nica came with a prize of €10,000, apart from the u19 category, where the prize was €5,000. In each category, there are also Awards of Distinction and Honorary Mentions. The Golden Nica is replica of the Greek

Nike of Samothrace The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'', or the ''Nike of Samothrace'', is a votive monument originally found on the island of Samothrace, north of the Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic era, dating from the beg ...

. It is a handmade wooden statuette, plated with gold, so each trophy is unique: approximately 35 cm high, with a wingspan of about 20 cm, all on a pedestal. "Prix Ars Electronica" is a phrase composed of French, Latin and Spanish words, loosely translated as "Electronic Arts Prize."

Golden Nica winners

Computer animation / film / vfx

The "Computer Graphics" category (1987–1994) was open to different kinds of computer images. The "Computer Animation" (1987–1997) was replaced by the current "Computer Animation/Visual Effects" category in 1998.

Computer Graphics

*1987 – ''Figur10'' by Brian Reffin Smith, UK *1988 – ''The Battle'' by David Sherwin, US *1989 – ''Gramophone'' by

Tamás Waliczky Tamás Waliczky (born in 1959, in Budapest, Hungary), is a Hungarian artist and animator, known for his new media art. Biography Tamás Waliczky started out by creating cartoon films (1968–1983), whilst working as a painter, illustrator and ...

, HU *1990 – ''P-411-A'' by Manfred Mohr, Germany *1991 – ''Having encountered Eve for the second time, Adam begins to speak'' by Bill Woodard, US *1992 – ''RD Texture Buttons'' by

Michael Kass Michael Kass is an American computer scientist best known for his work in computer graphics and computer vision. He has won an Academy Award and the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award and is an ACM Fellow. Kass, David Baraff and Andr ...

and

Andrew Witkin Andrew Paul Witkin (July 22, 1952 – September 12, 2010) was an American computer scientist who made major contributions in computer vision and computer graphics. Education Witkin studied psychology at Columbia College, Columbia University, ...

, US *1993 – ''Founders Series'' by

Michael Tolson Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

, US *1994 – ''Jellylife / Jellycycle / Jelly Locomotion'' by Michael Joaquin Grey, US

Computer Animation

*1987 – ''

Luxo Jr. ''Luxo Jr.'' is a 1986 American computer-animated short film produced and released by Pixar. Written and directed by John Lasseter, the two-minute short film revolves around one larger and one smaller desk lamp. The larger lamp, named Luxo Sr. ...

'' by John Lasseter, US *1988 – '' Red's Dream'' by John Lasseter, US *1989 – B''roken Heart'' by

Joan Staveley Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...

, US *1990 – ''Footprint'' by

Mario Sasso is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...

and

Nicola Sani Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people, ...

, IT *1991 – ''Panspermia'' by

Karl Sims Karl Sims (born 1962) is a computer graphics artist and researcher, who is best known for using particle systems and artificial life in computer animation. Biography Sims received a B.S. from MIT in 1984, and a M.S. from the MIT Media Lab in 1987. ...

, US *1992 – ''Liquid Selves / Primordial Dance'' by

, US *1993 – ''Lakmé'' by

Pascal Roulin Pascal, Pascal's or PASCAL may refer to: People and fictional characters * Pascal (given name), including a list of people with the name * Pascal (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Blaise Pascal, Frenc ...

, BE *1994 – ''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...

'' by Dennis Muren, Mark Dippé and Steve Williams, US/CA **Distinction: ''Quarxs'' by Maurice Benayoun, FR **Distinction: ''K.O. Kid'' by Marc Caro, FR *1995 – ''God's Little Monkey'' by David Atherton and

Bob Sabiston Bob Sabiston (born 1967) is an American film art director, computer programmer, and creator of the Rotoshop software program for computer animation. Sabiston began developing software as an undergraduate and then graduate researcher in the MIT ...

, US *1996 – '' Toy Story'' by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich and Ralph Eggleston, US *1997 – ''Dragonheart'' by Scott Squires, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), US

Computer Animation/Visual Effects

*1998 – ''The Sitter'' by Liang-Yuan Wang, TW **'' Titanic'' by Robert Legato and Digital Domain, US *1999 – '' Bunny'' by Chris Wedge, US **'' What Dreams May Come'' by Mass Illusions, POP, Digital Domain, Vincent Ward,

Stephen Simon Stephen Anthony Simon (May 3, 1937 – January 20, 2013) was an American conductor, composer, and arranger. He was a noted proponent of the music of George Frederic Handel, serving as music director of the Handel Society of New York and recording se ...

and

Barnet Bain Barnet may refer to: People *Barnet (surname) * Barnet (given name) Places United Kingdom * Chipping Barnet or High Barnet, commonly known as Barnet, one of three focal towns of the borough below. *East Barnet, a district of the borough below; a ...

, US *2000 – ''Maly Milos'' by

Jakub Pistecky Jacob is a common male given name and a less well-known surname. It is a cognate of James, derived from Late Latin ''Iacobus'', from Greek ''Iakobos'', from Hebrew (''Yaʿaqōḇ''), the name of the Hebrew patriarch, Jacob son of Isaac and Rebe ...

, CA **''Maaz'' by Christian Volckman, FR *2001 – ''Le Processus'' by

Xavier de l’Hermuzičre Xavier or Xabier may refer to: Place * Xavier, Spain People * Xavier (surname) * Xavier (given name) * Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Catholic saint ** St. Francis Xavier (disambiguation) * St. Xavier (disambiguation) * Xavier (footballer, bo ...

and

Philippe Grammaticopoulos Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Count o ...

, FR *2002 – ''

Monsters, Inc. ''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ...

'' by Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich,

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films ''Monsters, Inc.'' (2001) ...

and David Silverman, US *2003 – ''Tim Tom'' by Romain Segaud and Cristel Pougeoise, FR *2004 – ''

Ryan Ryan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Ryan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) *Ryan (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Places Australia * Division of Ryan, an elector ...

'' by Chris Landreth, US. **Distinction: '' Parenthèse'' from Francois Blondeau, Thibault Deloof, Jérémie Droulers, Christophe Stampe, France **Distinction: '' Birthday Boy'' from

Sejong Park Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450), personal name Yi Do (Korean language, Korean: 이도; Hanja: 李祹), widely known as Sejong the Great (Korean language, Korean: 세종대왕; Hanja: 世宗大王), was the fourth ruler of th ...

, Australia *2005 – ''

Fallen Art ''Fallen Art'' (Polish ''Sztuka spadania'', lit. ''The Art of Falling'') is a six-minute, animated short film written and directed by Tomasz Bagiński. It features Romanian band Fanfare Ciocărlia's song "Asfalt Tango." The film was produced and ...

'' by

Tomek Baginski Tomek is a Polish-language masculine given name, a diminutive of Tomasz. It may also serve as a surname. The name may refer to: Given name * Tomek Baginski (born 1976), a Polish illustrator, animator and director * Tomek Bartoszyński (born 1957 ...

, Poland. **Distinction: '' The Incredibles'' from Pixar **Distinction: ''City Paradise'' by Gaëlle Denis (UK), Passion Pictures (FR) *2006 – '' 458nm'' by Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck,

Tom Weber Tom Weber is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 64th district. The district includes all or parts of Antioch, Bull Valley, Crystal Lake, Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Lakemoor, Volo, and Woodstock Woodstock Mu ...

, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany. **Distinction: ''Kein platz Für Gerold'' by

Daniel Nocke Daniel Nocke is a German screenwriter for film and television, and a director of animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted ...

/ Studio Film Bilder, Germany **Distinction: ''Negadon, the monster from Mars'', by

Jun Awazu Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surn ...

, Japan *2007 – ''Codehunters'' by Ben Hibon, (UK) *2008 – '' Madame Tutli-Putli'' by Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski. (Directors), Jason Walker (Special Visual Effects), National Film Board of Canada *2009 – '' HA'Aki'' by Iriz Pääbo, National Film Board of Canada *2010 – ''Nuit Blanche'' by Arev Manoukian (Director), Marc-André Gray (Visual Effects Artist), National Film Board of Canada *2011 – ''Metachaos'' by

Alessandro Bavari Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baric ...

(IT) *2012 – ''Rear Window Loop'' by Jeff Desom (LU) **Distinction: ''

Caldera A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...

'' by Evan Viera/Orchid Animation (US) **Distinction: '' Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' by Weta Digital (NZ)/ Twentieth Century Fox *2013 – ''Forms'' by Quayola (IT),

Memo Akten Memo Akten (born 1975) is an artist and creative technologist based in London (UK). He is known for the reappropriation of advanced electronics, software and hardware systems to create multimedia experiences that he describes as an attempt to "c ...

(TR) **Distinction: ''Duku Spacemarines'' by

La Mécanique du Plastique LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...

(FR) **Distinction: ''Oh Willy…'' by Emma De Swaef (BE), Marc James Roels (BE) / Beast Animation *2014 – ''Walking City'' by Universal Everything (UK) *2015 – ''Temps Mort'' by Alex Verhaest (BE)
**Distinction: ''Bär'' by Pascal Floerks (DE) **Distinction: ''The Reflection of Power'' by Mihai Grecu (RO/HU)

Digital Music

This category is for those making electronic music and sound art through digital means. From 1987 to 1998 the category was known as " Computer music." Two Golden Nicas were awarded in 1987, and none in 1990. There was no Computer Music category in 1991. *1987 –

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...

and Jean-Claude Risset *1988 – Denis Smalley *1989 – Kaija Saariaho *1990 – None *1991 – Category omitted *1992 –

Alejandro Viñao Alejandro Viñao (born 4 September 1951) is an Argentinian composer currently living in the United Kingdom. Life and career Viñao studied musical composition in Buenos Aires with the composer Jacobo Ficher. In 1976 he was awarded a British Counc ...

*1993 – Bernard Parmegiani *1994 – Ludger Brümmer *1995 –

Trevor Wishart Trevor Wishart (born 11 October 1946) is an English composer, based in York. Wishart has contributed to composing with digital audio media, both fixed and interactive. He has also written extensively on the topic of what he terms "sonic art", an ...

*1996 – Robert Normandeau *1997 –

Matt Heckert Matt Heckert is an American sound artist, born in 1957. He was involved in Survival Research laboratories in the 1980s before becoming a machine musical artist. Matt Heckert graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1979 with a Bachelor ...

*1998 – Peter Bosch and Simone Simons (joint award) *1999 – '' Come to Daddy'' by

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic music, electronic styles such as techno, ambient music, ambient, and jun ...

(Richard D. James) and

Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for "Windowlicker" and " ...

(joint award) ** Distinction: ''Birthdays'' by Ikue Mori (JP) ** Distinction: Mego (label), ''Hotel Paral.lel'' by Christian Fennesz, ''Seven Tons For Free'' by Peter Rehberg (a.k.a. Pita) *2000 – ''20' to 2000'' by Carsten Nicolai **Distinction: ''

Minidisc MiniDisc (MD) is an erasable magneto-optical disc-based data storage format offering a capacity of 60, 74, and later, 80 minutes of digitized audio. Sony announced the MiniDisc in September 1992 and released it in November of that year fo ...

'' by Gescom **Distinction: ''Outside the Circle of Fire'' by

Chris Watson John Christian Watson (born Johan Cristian Tanck; 9 April 186718 November 1941) was an Australian politician who served as the third prime minister of Australia, in office from 27 April to 18 August 1904. He served as the inaugural federal lead ...

*2001 – ''Matrix'' by Ryoji Ikeda *2002 – ''Man'yo Wounded 2001'' by Yasunao Tone *2003 – Ami Yoshida, Sachiko M and Utah Kawasaki (joint award) *2004 – ''Banlieue du Vide'' by Thomas Köner *2005 – ''TEO! A Sonic Sculpture'' by Maryanne Amacher *2006 – ''L'île ré-sonante'' by Eliane Radigue *2007 – ''Reverse-Simulation Music'' by Mashiro Miwa *2008 –

Reactable The Reactable is an electronic musical instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface that was developed within the Music Technology Group at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain by Sergi Jordà, Marcos Alonso, Martin Kaltenbru ...

by Sergi Jordà (ES), Martin Kaltenbrunner (AT), Günter Geiger (AT) and Marcos Alonso (ES) *2009 – ''Speeds of Time versions 1 and 2'' by Bill Fontana (US) *2010 – ''rheo: 5 horizons'' b
Ryoichi Kurokawa
(JP) *2011 – ''Energy Field'' by Jana Winderen (NO) *2012 – "Crystal Sounds of a Synchrotron" by

Jo Thomas Jo Thomas (born 1972) is a composer, sound artist, producer and performer of electronic music based in London. She works primarily with electronic sound, with a focus on fine detail and abstraction combining technological, biological and emotive ...

(GB) *2013 – ''frequencies (a)'' by Nicolas Bernier (CA) ** Distinction: ''SjQ++'' by SjQ++ (JP) ** Distinction: ''Borderlands Granular'' by Chris Carlson (US) *2015 – ''Chijikinkutsu'' by Nelo Akamatsu (JP) ** Distinction: ''Drumming is an elastic concept'' by Josef Klammer (AT) ** Distinction: ''Under Way'' by Douglas Henderson (DE) *2017 – ''Not Your World Music: Noise In South East Asia'' by Cedrik Fermont (CD/BE/DE), Dimitri della Faille (BE/CA) ** Distinction: ''Gamelan Wizard'' by

Lucas Abela Lucas Abela (born 7 May 1972), also known by the stage name Justice Yeldham, is an Australian noise musician. He is most famous for creating an instrument made from a diamond-shaped pane of glass, fitted with contact microphones and attached to ...

(AU), Wukir Suryadi (ID) und Rully Shabara (ID) ** Distinction: ''Corpus Nil'' by Marco Donnarumma (DE/IT)

Hybrid art

*2007 –

Symbiotica SymbioticA is an artistic research lab at the University of Western Australia's School of Anatomy and Human Biology."Culture: Art That Touches a Nerve." Anthony King. Nature 470, 334 (17 February 2011) doi:10.1038/470334a The lab looks at biolo ...

'' *2008 – Pollstream – Nuage Vert by

Helen Evans Helen de Lacey Evans ( Carter; 1833/1834 – 4 October 1903) was the fifth member of the Edinburgh Seven, a group of women who enrolled at the University of Edinburgh in 1869, and who sought to qualify as physicians. She married the editor of ' ...

(FR/UK) and

Heiko Hansen Heiko may refer to: * Heiko (given name) (including a list of people with the name) * Heiko (film), a 2008 short film See also * HEICO * Hayko (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation ...

(FR/DE) HeHe *2009 – ''Natural History of the Enigma'' by

Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac �dwardoʊ kæts; ĕd·wâr′·dō kăts(1962) is a contemporary artist of dual nationality (American and Brazilian) whose artworks span a wide range of practices, including performance art, poetry, holography, interactive art, digital ...

(US) *2010 – ''Ear on Arm'' by Stelarc (AU) *2011 – ''May the Horse Live in me'' by Art Orienté Objet (FR) *2012 – ''Bacterial radio'' by Joe Davis (US) *2013 – ''Cosmopolitan Chicken Project'', Koen Vanmechelen (BE) *2015 – ''Plantas Autofotosintéticas'',

Gilberto Esparza Gilberto is the Iberian and Italian version of the originally Norman-French given name ''Gilbert'', used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. In Galician, it's spelled Xilberto or Xilberte. ''Gilbert'' is ultimately derived from the Germ ...

(MX) *2017 – ''K-9_topology'', Maja Smrekar (SI)

he next ideavoestalpine Art and Technology Grant

*2009 – ''Open_Sailing'' by Open_Sailing Crew led by

Cesar Harada Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Ce ...

. *2010 – ''Hostage'' by rederik De Wilde *2011 – ''

Choke Point Project Choke may refer to: Entertainment Albums and songs * ''Choke'' (album), a 1990 album by The Beautiful South * ''Choke'' (Kiss It Goodbye EP), a 1999 EP by Kiss It Goodbye * ''Choke'', a 2019 EP by Poppy * "Choke" (Sepultura song), 1998 ...

'' by P2P Foundation (NL). *2012 – ''qaul.net – tools for the next revolution'' by Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud *2013 – ''Hyperform'' by

Marcelo Coelho Marcelo Coelho is a Brazilians, Brazilian computation artist and designer. His work focuses on the boundaries between matter and computation, and includes interactive installations, photography, wearables, and robotics. Coelho is currently a Res ...

(BR),

Skylar Tibbits Skylar Tibbits is an American designer and computer scientist known for his work on self-assembly and 4d printing. Education Skylar Tibbits graduated from Philadelphia University with a Bachelor of Architecture and received a Master of Scie ...

(US), Natan Linder (IL), Yoav Reaches (IL) ** Honorary Mentions: ''GravityLight'' by Martin Riddiford (GB), Jim Reeves (GB) * 2014 – ''BlindMaps'' by Markus Schmeiduch, Andrew Spitz and Ruben van der Vleuten * 2015 – ''SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE'' by XXLab (ID) – Irene Agrivina Widyaningrum, Asa Rahmana, Ratna Djuwita, Eka Jayani Ayuningtias, Atinna Rizqiana

Interactive Art

Prizes in the category of interactive art have been awarded since 1990. This category applies to many categories of works, including installations and performances, characterized by audience participation, virtual reality, multimedia and telecommunication. *1990 – ''Videoplace'' installation by

Myron Krueger Myron Krueger (born 1942 in Gary, Indiana) is an American computer artist who developed early interactive works. He is also considered to be one of the first generation virtual reality and augmented reality researchers. While earning a Ph.D. ...

*1991 – ''Think About the People Now'' project by

Paul Sermon Paul Sermon was born 23 March 1966, in Oxford, England. Since September 2013 he has worked as Professor of Visual Communication in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Brighton. Biography Paul Sermon was born in Oxford, England in 1966. St ...

*1992 – ''Home of the Brain'' installation by

Monika Fleischmann Monika Fleischmann (born 1950 in Karlsruhe, (Germany)) is a pioneering German research artist, digital media scientist, and curator of new media art. She is one of the most relevant European women artist working in art, science, and technology. Sh ...

and Wolfgang Strauss *1993 – ''Simulationsraum-Mosaik mobiler Datenklänge (smdk)'' installation by Knowbotic Research *1994 – ''A-Volve'' environment by

Christa Sommerer Christa may refer to: * Christa (given name), a female given name * Janusz Christa (1934-2008), Polish comics author * '' Swedish Fly Girls'', a 1971 film also known as ''Christa'' * 1015 Christa, an asteroid See also * Christ (disambiguation) ...

and

Laurent Mignonneau Laurent may refer to: *Laurent (name), a French masculine given name and a surname **Saint Laurence (aka: Saint ''Laurent''), the martyr Laurent **Pierre Alphonse Laurent, mathematician **Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, amateur astronomer, discoverer ...

*1995 – the concept of

Hypertext Hypertext is E-text, text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typi ...

, attributed to

Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee (born 8 June 1955), also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He is a Professorial Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a profess ...

*1996 – ''Global Interior Project'' installation by

Masaki Fujihata is a Japanese sound, installation and interactive artist. He is a professor at Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education insti ...

*1997 – ''Music Plays Images X Images Play Music'' concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Toshio Iwai *1998 – ''World Skin, a Photo Safari in the Land of War'' installation by Jean-Baptiste Barrière and Maurice Benayoun *1999 – ''Difference Engine #3'' by construct and Lynn Hershman *2000 – ''Vectorial Elevation, Relational Architecture #4'' installation by

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montreal and Madrid. Biography Rafael Lozan ...

*2001 – ''polar'' installation by Carsten Nicolai and

Marko Peljhan Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (disambiguation) *Markko (disambiguation) *Marka (disambiguation) *Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the ...

*2002 – ''n-cha(n)t'' installation by David Rokeby *2003 – ''

Can You See Me Now? Can You See Me Now? (CYSMN) is an urban chase game developed by Blast Theory and The Mixed Reality Lab in 2001. CYSMN is a pervasive game, where performers on the streets of a city use handheld computers, GPS and walkie talkies to chase online ...

'' participatory game by

Blast Theory Blast Theory is a Portslade-based artists' group, whose work mixes interactive media, digital broadcasting and live performance. Biography The group was founded in 1991 by Matt Adams, Niki Jewett, Will Kittow and Ju Row Farr. The group is curr ...

and

Mixed Reality Lab Mixed is the past tense of ''mix''. Mixed may refer to: * Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 1991 Census * ''Mixed'' (album), a co ...

*2004 – ''Listening Post'' installation by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen *2005 – ''MILKproject'' installation and project by Esther Polak,

Ieva Auzina Ieva is a Latvian and Lithuanian given name, counterpart of English Eve, derived from a Hebrew name meaning "life" or "living one". It can also mean full of life or mother of life. It is the standard biblical form of Eve in many European languages ...

and RIXC – Riga Centre for New Media Culture *2006 – ''The Messenger'' installation by Paul DeMarinis *2007 – ''Park View Hotel'' installation by Ashok Sukumaran *2008 – ''Image Fulgurator'' by

Julius von Bismarck Julius von Bismarck (born 1983, Breisach am Rhein, Germany) is a German artist currently living and working in Berlin, Germany. He attended the Berlin University of the Arts and the Hunter College in New York City. His project Image Fulgurator was ...

(

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

) *2009 – ''Nemo Observatorium'' by Laurence Malstaf (

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

) *2010 – ''The Eyewriter'' by Zachary Lieberman, Evan Roth, James Powderly, Theo Watson, Chris Sugrue, Tempt1 *2011 – ''Newstweek'' by

Julian Oliver Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints * Julian (gi ...

(NZ) and

Danja Vasiliev Danja may refer to: *Danja (food), a variety of Korean rice cake *Danja (record producer), American record producer; real name Floyd Nathaniel Hills * Danja, Nigeria, a local government area in Katsina state People with the given name * Danja Akul ...

(RU) *2012 – ''Memopol-2'' by

Timo Toots Timo Toots (born 15 September 1982, in Tartu) is an Estonian artist, mainly active in the field of interactive art and new media art. He is also the founder of project space Maajaam in Otepää. Biography Before becoming active as an artist T ...

(EE) *2013 – ''Pendulum Choir'' By Michel Décosterd (CH), André Décosterd (CH) ** Distinction – ''Rain Room'' by rAndom International (GB) ** Distinction – ''Voices of Aliveness'' by Masaki Fujihata (JP) *2014 – ''Loophole for All'' by Paolo Cirio(IT) *2016 – ''Can you hear me?'' by Mathias Jud(DE), Christoph Wachter (CH)

Internet-related categories

In the categories "World Wide Web" (1995–96) and ".net" (1997–2000), interesting web-based projects were awarded, based on criteria like web-specificity, community-orientation, identity and interactivity. In 2001, the category became broader under the new name "Net Vision / Net Excellence", with rewards for innovation in the online medium.

World Wide Web

*1995 – ''Idea Futures'' by Robin Hanson *1996 – ''Digital Hijack'' by etoy ** Second prizes: ''HyGrid'' by SITO and ''Journey as an exile''

.net

*1997 – ''Sensorium'' by

Taos Project Taos or TAOS may refer to: Places * Taos, Missouri, a city in Cole County, Missouri, United States * Taos County, New Mexico, United States ** Taos, New Mexico, a city, the county seat of Taos County, New Mexico *** Taos art colony, an art colo ...

*1998 – ''IO_Dencies Questioning Urbanity'' by Knowbotic Research *1999 – Linux by Linus Torvalds *2000 – '' In the Beginning... Was the Command Line'' (excerpts) by

Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work exp ...

Net Vision / Net Excellence

*2001 – ''Banja'' by

Team cHmAn A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to info ...

and "PrayStation" by Joshua Davis *2002 – ''Carnivore'' by

Radical Software Group Radical may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics * Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change *Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe an ...

and "They Rule" by

Josh On Josh is a masculine given name, frequently a diminutive (hypocorism) of the given names Joshua or Joseph, though since the 1970s, it has increasingly become a full name on its own. It may refer to: People A–J * "Josh", an early pseudonym of S ...

and

Futurefarmers Amy Franceschini (born 1970, in Patterson, California) is a contemporary American artist and designer. Her practice spans a broad range of media including drawing, sculpture, design, net art, public art and gardening. She was a 2010 Guggenheim ...

*2003 – ''

Habbo Hotel ''Habbo'' (formerly ''Habbo Hotel'') is an online community aimed at teens and young adults. It is owned and operated by Sulake, a Finnish company. Founded in 2000, Habbo has expanded to nine online communities (or "hotels"), with users from ...

'' and ''Noderunner'' by Yury Gitman and Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena *2004 – ''

Creative Commons Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has release ...

'' *2005 – ''Processing'' by

Benjamin Fry Benjamin Fry is an American designer who has expertise in data visualization. Early life and education Fry was born in 1975 in Ann Arbor, Michigan (born 1975)."Inside design now: National Design Triennial", by Ellen Lupton, Cooper-Hewitt Museu ...

, Casey Reas and the Processing community *2006 – ''The Road Movie'' by exonemo

Digital Communities

A category begun in 2004 with support from SAP (and a separate ceremony in New York City two months before the main Ars Electronica ceremony) to celebrate the 25th birthday of Ars Electronica. Two Golden Nicas were awarded. *2004 – Wikipedia and '' The World Starts With Me'' **Distinction: *** Open-Clothes *2005 – ''Akshaya'', an information technology development program in India **Distinction: Free Software Foundation (USA) and Telestreet – NewGlobalVision (Italy) *2006 – canal*ACCESSIBLE **Distinction: *** Codecheck (Roman Bleichenbacher CH) *** Proyecto Cyberela – Radio Telecentros (CEMINA) **Honorary Mentions: *** Arduino (Arduino) *** Charter97.org – News from Belarus *** CodeTree *** MetaReciclagem *** Mountain Forum *** Northfield.org *** Pambazuka News (Fahamu *** Semapedia *** stencilboard.at (Stefan Eibelwimmer (AT), Günther Kolar (AT)) *** The Freecycle Network *** The Organic City *** UgaBYTES Initiative (UgaBYTES Initiative (UG)) *2007 – Overmundo *2008 – 1 kg more **Distinction:

PatientsLikeMe PatientsLikeMe is the world’s largest integrated community, health management, and real-world data platform. Through PatientsLikeMe, a growing community of more than 830,000 people with over 2,900 conditions share personal stories and informat ...

and Global Voices Online *2009 – HiperBarrio by

Álvaro Ramírez Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They comprise a given ...

and

Gabriel Jaime Vanegas In Abrahamic religions ( Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብ ...

**Distinction: *** piratbyran.org ***

wikileaks.org WikiLeaks () is an international non-profit organisation that published news leaks and classified media provided by anonymous sources. Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder and director and is ...

**Honorary Mentions: *** hackmeeting.org *** pad.ma ***

Maneno Maneno was a Weblog software, blogging application powered by PHP, Smarty (template engine), Smarty, and MySQL with Content management system, content management capabilities. Initially released in October, 2008, it focused on creating a multi-the ...

*** femalepressure.net *** metamute.org *** ubu.com *** canchas.org *** feraltrade.org *** flossmanuals.net *** wikiartpedia.org *** changemakers.net *** vocesbolivianas.org * 2010 – Chaos Computer Club * 2011 – Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente ** Distinction: *** Bentham Papers Transcription Initiative (Transcribe Bentham) (UK). See also the project's Transcription Desk *** X_MSG * 2012 – Syrian people know their way * 2013 – ''El Campo de Cebada'' by El Campo de Cebada (ES) ** Distinction: ''Refugees United'' by Christopher Mikkelsen (DK), David Mikkelsen (DK) ** Distinction: ''Visualizing Palestine'' by Visualizing Palestine (PS) * 2014 – ''Project Fumbaro'' ''Eastern Japan'' by Takeo Saijo (JP)

References

External links

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ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE - PRIX

Past winners

Past winners (in german, more detailed)

Prix Ars Electronica 1987–1990
{{Authority control Awards established in 1987 Arts awards in Austria Animation awards Computer-related awards Digital media New media art festivals