Since 1987, the year of its inception, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as a barometer for trends in the digital arts. It is also the award offering the highest prize money for cyber arts worldwide. Geared towards topical issues, it documents the shift in societal and artistic approaches brought about by communications and information media.
This lavishly illustrated volume features descriptions of the prize winning works, texts by the artists and the statements of the juries. The DVD presents a selection of works that were singled out for recognition; the CD offers samplings of what’s happening now in the digital music scene. 40 internationally renowned experts evaluate thousands of submissions in the Computer Animation / Film / VFX, Digital Musics, Interactive Art, Hybrid Art and Digital Communities categories, as well as the u19 - freestyle computing competition for young people. The Prix Ars Electronica also bestows a Media.Art.Research Award as well as [the next idea] Art and Technology Grant.