Ars Electronica PRIX Net - Vision jury statement

Ars Electronica PRIX Net - Vision jury statement

Values:
Use of the network as creative medium.
Critically.
Innovators in formal aspects of the visual language of the Internet, as well as critical or social usage.
Articulation of a unique artistic voice.
Leaving the screen and connecting with the real world, represented both by objects and social processes.
Innovative use of Networks.
Influence & Impact: Symbolic, Fictional, Utilitarian and Inspirational.
Participatory on a significant scale.
Experimental which foresee possibilities related to net-vision as opposed to projects that have already achieved a paradigm shift.
(Works made by individuals V corporations/coalitions).
Karel said he could live without Google, but not without woman.
Karel said hardware, software, nowhere.

Process:
3 winners of 3 different axes. extreme challenge of valuing one over another.
Not only valuing design, valuing a manifest social conscience. This caused a strong desire to award two Golden Nicas to Processing and Vote-Auction.
Continuing problem that many projects do not use the network, but are merely published on it, as expressed by previous juries. We felt that many entries could have equally existed on CDROM.
Diversity of networks: Internet, mobile phones and devices, land telephony, television and radio.
Diversity of formats and recombination of media.
Fatigue by dynamic rectangles within a browser or CDROM.

The winners:
Processing.org

Scale of impact – enabling a generation of people to understand computation as a creative medium.
Pedagogy – teaching computation.
Vision of two individuals.
Made by artists for artists.
Alternative to global software mono-culture represented by MACRODOBE.
Why is it a net project? Distributed developer community. Enables a community of net creators.

Vote- Auction.net
“Bringing capitalism and democracy closer together” – statement by Ubermorgen.
Direct use of network for social – political criticism.

Yugop.com

Beautifully designed, high quality graphic concept and elegant aesthetic

Diversity of expression, not just surface aesthetic but also an aesthetic of interaction and an aesthetic of interaction across the network

Wide influence on a generation of artists and designers

Originality, charm and whimsy

Economical expressive means

Prolific and a long-term commitment

Jury Net Vision

Ed Burton (UK)
Karel Dudesek (UK)
Golan Levin (US)
Tomoe Moriyama (JP)
Cornelia Sollfrank (DE)