CyberArts 2020 prixars.aec.at Prix Ars Electronica S+T+ARTS Prize'20 ars.electronica.art/prix Prize’17 20 ' Prize STARTS STARTS Documentation of the Prix Ars Electronica 2020 Lavishly illustrated and containing texts by the prize-winning artists and statements by the Prix Ars Electronica · juries that singled them out for recognition, this catalog showcases the works honored by the Prix Ars Electronica 2020. The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most time-honored media arts competition. Winners are awarded the coveted Golden Nica statuette. Ever since its inception in 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been honoring creativity and inno - vativeness in the use of digital media. This year, experts from all over the world evaluated Prix Ars Electronica · 3,209 submissions from 90 countries in four categories: Computer Animation, Interactive Art+, Digital Communities, and the u19–create your world competition for young people. The volume also provides insights into the achievements of this year’s winner of the Golden Nica, honoring the Visionary Pioneer of Feminist Media Art. STARTS Prize'20 STARTS (= Science + Technology + Arts) is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice. As part of this initiative, the STARTS Prize awards the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the intersection of science and technology with the arts. The STARTS Prize'20 of the European Commission was launched by Ars Electronica, BOZAR, and Waag. This catalog presents the winners of the European Commission’s two Grand Prizes, which honor Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts, and more of the STARTS Prize'20 highlights. 2020 CyberArts 272 pages, 583 illustrations ARS ELECTRONICA Art, Technology & Society CyberArts 2020 Prix Ars Electronica S+T+ARTS Prize'20 ARS ELECTRONICA Art, Technology & Society Hannes Leopoldseder · Christine Schöpf · Gerfried Stocker CyberArts 2020 Prix Ars Electronica 2020 Computer Animation · Interactive Art + · Digital Communities Visionary Pioneers of Media Art · u19–create your world STARTS Prize'20 Grand Prize of the European Commission honoring Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts Contents Prix Ars Electronica 2020 10 Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker – 2020 Prix Ars Electronica 118 Participedia 12 Hannes Leopoldseder – Out of the Blue—The Disappearance of Smiles 120 PULANG PERGI 122 School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe COMPUTER ANIMATION 124 Smart Coop 126 STEAM physical education program 18 Voices from the Network – Statement of the Computer Animation Jury 128 Syrian Archive 22 Miwa Matreyek – Infinitely Yours · Golden Nica 130 Vis. [un]necessary force_3 26 Maja Gehrig – Average Happiness 132 #WirVsVirus Hackathon 28 Randa Maroufi – Bab Sebta 30 Sine Özbilge & Imge Özbilge – #21xoxo Visionary Pioneers of Media Art 2020 32 Hsin-Chien Huang – Bodyless 136 Visionary Pioneer of Feminist Media Art 2020 34 Toby Auberg – Pile 138 VALIE EXPORT 36 Pedro Casavecchia – Pulsión I invent myself, therefore I am. 38 Rachel Rossin – Recursive Truth 40 Max Hattler – Serial Parallels u19–create your world 42 Daito Manabe, Kenichiro Shimizu – Squarepusher / Terminal Slam 148 Creating your World to Change our Perspective—The Moment Before 44 DEPART – The Entropy Gardens Statement of the u19–create your world Jury 46 Emmanuel Van der Auwera – The Sky is on Fire 48 Nicolas Gourault – This Means More Young Professionals 50 Chintis Lundgren – Toomas Beneath the Valley of the Wild Wolves 156 Lisa Rass, Franziska Gallé, Jona Lingitz, Anna Fachbach, HTBLVA-Graz Ortweinschule 52 Yuge Zhou – Underground Circuit 周雨歌 Samen · Golden Nica 158 MOLEKÜL Kollektiv – In Reactio Veritas INTERACTIVE ART + 159 Benjamin Aster – Robdilo’clock 160 Simon Krist, Matthias Janitsch, Gabriel Neuberger, HTL Rennweg 56 Interactive Art + in the Age of Uncertainty – Statement of the Interactive Art + Jury CareLine · MIC Special Prize 2020 62 Lauren Lee McCarthy – SOMEONE · Golden Nica 162 Sophie Dögl, Nastasja Stempkowski – Ameisen im Haus 66 Maja Gehrig – Average Happiness 163 Jonathan Wiener, Jasmin Lersitz, Paul Rosenberger, HTL Rennweg – ARTouch 68 Simon Weckert – Google Maps Hacks 164 Mohammed Elyesa Bilge, Emre Tuncer, Stefan Hromada, Haris Beshta Bradaric, 70 Lynn Hershman Leeson – Shadow Stalker HTL Wien West – Der Rapper – Die Dokumentation 72 Cécile B. Evans, in collaboration with biologist-architect Rachel Armstrong 165 Sadet Muadini – Fade – Fate 999 years, 13 sqm (the future belongs to ghosts) 166 David Gangl, Max Grubauer, Julian Kronlachner, Paul Wiesiger, Paul Krenn, 74 Frederik Duerinck – Algorithmic Perfumery HTBLA Grieskirchen – Juksel – Die Jukebox der Zukunft 76 Mario Klingemann – Appropriate Response 167 Zoe Borzi, Nikolaus Heckel, Jonathan Steininger – Meine Welt, Deine Welt 78 Dasha Ilina – Center for Technological Pain 168 Magdalena Schiesser, HTBLVA Graz-Ortweinschule – Musik zum Mitnehmen 80 Lucy McRae – Compression Cradle 169 Students from class 7c and 8a at BORG Bad Leonfelden – Nomsters 82 Constanza Piña Pardo – khipu / electrotextile prehispanic computer 170 Max Wolfmajer, Clemens Pfeiffer, Gergely Varecza, Nora Puntigam, Mirjam Fladenhofer, 84 Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg – Machine Auguries HTBLVA-Graz Ortweinschule – Querdenker 86 Shinseungback Kimyonghun – Mind 171 Florian Sigl, Ria Kathan – WWW.VIRUS 88 Sissel Marie Tonn in collaboration with Jonathan Reus – The Intimate Earthquake Archive 90 Guo Cheng – The Net Wanderer—A Tour of Suspended Handshakes Young Creatives 92 Helen Knowles – Trickle Down, A New Vertical Sovereignty 173 Students from NMS Lehen, Creative Media Design – The Truth Part 2 94 James Coupe – Warriors 174 Michael Zaminer – Coded Art Gallery 175 Students from class 4e at Musisches Gymnasium Salzburg – Zwischentöne DIGITAL COMMUNITIES 176 Students from BG & BRG III, Vienna – Die Zukunft liegt in unseren Händen 96 Community at a Time of Crisis – Statement of the Digital Communities Jury 177 Laurin Steinhuber, Amelie Steinhuber, Niklas Steinhuber – Lury 102 Dedicated to the Hong Kong protesters by Eric Siu & Joel Kwong 178 Matilde Irene Abarca Hernández – Schule der Zukunft Be Water by Hong Kongers · Golden Nica 179 Luis Schweighofer – Das Verschwinden der Trolle 106 Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) 180 Dominik Pichler – Das Würfelhaus 108 Habaq Movement 181 23 students from class 3c at GTVS Kolonitzgasse, Vienna 3 – Der Vogel mit dem coolen Hut 110 Code of Conscience 182 Students at BrgOrg15 – In einer weißen Winternacht 112 Ghana ThinkTank is Developing the First World 114 Indigemoji 184 Prix Ars Electronica 2020—Jury 116 Listening at Pungwe Contents STARTS Prize'20 Innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS 194 STARTS—Science, Technology and the ARTS – Introduction STARTS Prize'20 · NOMINATIONS 236 Robertina Šebjanič, Gjino Šutić – aqua_forensic 198 Reimagining Growth and Decay: Artistic Research in Service of the Circular Economy 237 Dedicated to the Hong Kong protesters by Eric Siu & Joel Kwong Statement of the STARTS Prize'20 Jury Be Water by Hong Kongers 238 Barbro Scholz with Esther Stühmer, Axel Sylvester, and Tanja Döring BETAlight STARTS Prize'20 · GRAND PRIZE · Artistic Exploration 239 Michael Sedbon – CMD: Experiment in Bio Algorithmic Politics 205 Andrea Ling – Design by Decay, Decay by Design 240 Code of Conscience – Code of Conscience 241 Lucy McRae – Compression Cradle 242 Open Cell + worldwide contributors – CONTAIN / Open Cell STARTS Prize'20 · GRAND PRIZE · Innovative Collaboration 243 Mariam Ibrahim – Hale: An Upgrade on Patient Attire 209 Olga Kisseleva – EDEN—Ethics Durability Ecology Nature 244 The Mediated Matter Group – Hybrid Living Materials 245 Tobias Trübenbacher – INNER VALUES 246 Pierre Azalbert, Benton Ching, Karlijn Sibbel – Re:flex STARTS Prize'20 · HONORARY MENTIONS 247 Faidra Oikonomopoulou, Telesilla Bristogianni – Re³ Glass 214 Julian Goldman, Victoria Manganiello aka SOFT MONITOR – c o m p u t e r 1.0 248 Marcus Maeder – Sounding Soil 216 Karen Palmer – Perception iO 249 Audrey Briot – Stymphalian Birds 218 Dave Hakkens – Precious Plastic Universe 250 Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg – The Substitute 220 Pei-Ying Lin – Proposals of Collaboration with the Viral Entities 251 Cheng Guo – The Net Wanderer 222 M Eifler – Prosthetic Memory 252 DataPaulette – Topographie Digitale 224 Sociality – Paolo Cirio 253 Irakli Sabekia – Voicing Borders 226 Lauren Lee McCarthy – SOMEONE 228 Avril Corroon – Spoiled Spores 230 David Quiles Guilló – The Wrong 255 STARTS Prize'20—Jury 232 Jiabao Li – TransVision 257 STARTS Prize'20—International Advisors PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA 2020 2020 Prix Ars Electronica Christine Schöpf, Gerfried Stocker The 2020 Prix Ars Electronica recorded a total of prize winners. The 2016 category Interactive Art+ Mentions, with prize money totaling over €2,000. the technical challenges that had to be overcome. 3,209 entries from 90 countries: 1,236 entries in is concerned with interactivity, and now, during For the Young Creatives (up to age fourteen), main In 2020, for the fifth time, the Prix Ars Electronica the category Interactive Art+, followed by Com- the pandemic, the jury needed to use social media prizes, Awards of Distinction, and Honorary Men- includes the STARTS Prize, which the Ars Electron- puter Animation with 930 works and Digital Com- and other forms of interactive technology to view tions totaling over €2,000 are awarded, graded ica awards in cooperation with BOZAR and Waag munities