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Cyberarts 2017 CyberArts 2017 Prix Ars Electronica · STARTS Prize’17 prixars.aec.at CyberArts 2017 CyberArts Prix ArsElectronica 2017 CyberArts Hannes Leopoldseder · Christine Schöpf · Gerfried Stocker CyberArts 2017 International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica Computer Animation / Film / VFX — Hybrid Art Digital Musics & Sound Art — u19 – CREATE YOUR WORLD STARTS Prize'17 Grand Prize of the European Commission honoring Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts Contents STARTS Prize'17 STARTS Prize '17 · NOMINATIONS Innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS 52 Tomás Saraceno – Aerocene Foundation 53 Marin Sawa – Algaerium Bioprinter and Algae Printing 54 Tim Otto Roth – aura calculata 8 STARTS—Science, Technology and the ARTS – Introduction 55 John Edmark – BLOOMS 2: Strobe Animated Sculptures 10 Earth to Space: Blue Future – Joint statement of the STARTS Prize Jury 56 Dentsu Lab Tokyo – Brian Eno’s The Ship—A Generative Film and the STARTS Prize Nomination Committee 57 Yumi Sasaki, Dorita Takido– Bug’s Beat 58 Marco Donnarumma – Corpus Nil STARTS Prize'17 · GRAND PRIZE · Artistic Exploration 59 MIT Media Lab–Living Mobile Group, Microsoft Research–Natural lnteraction Group 17 Etsuko Yakushimaru – I’m Humanity DuoSkin 60 The Mediated Matter Group, MIT Media Lab – G3DP V2 STARTS Prize'17 · GRAND PRIZE · Innovative Collaboration High Fidelity Additive Manufacturing of Transparent Glass Structures across Scales 23 Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH Zurich, and Self-Assembly Lab, MIT – Rock Print 61 Mimi Son, Elliot Woods / Kimchi and Chips – Light Barrier 3rd Edition 62 Anna Dumitriu – Make Do and Mend STARTS Prize'17 · HONORARY MENTIONS 63 Orkan Telhan, Karen Hogan, Mike Hogan – Microbial Design Studio: 30-day Simit Diet 64 Leon Baauw, Marcha Schagen – Project KOVR 30 Hadeer Omar – 3arabizi Keyboard 65 ::vtol:: Dmitriy Morozov — Silk 32 Adam Bernstein, Raunaq Bose, Leslie Nooteboom, Maya Pindeus 66 Daan Roosegaarde and his team of experts – Smog Free Project Blink: Humanising Autonomy 67 Sinan Bökesoy – sonicPlanet GeoComposer/GeoPlayer 34 Yuima Nakazato – [IGNIS AER AQUA TERRA] 68 Daijiro Mizuno, Kazuya Kawasaki – Speculative, Fashionable, Wearable 36 BeAnotherLab – Library of Ourselves 69 Nikita Diakur – Ugly 38 Madeline Gannon – Mimus: Coming face-to-face with our companion species 40 Lisa Buttinger – nonvisual-art 42 Nonny de la Peña, Emblematic Group – Out of Exile 44 Research Institute for Arts and Technology – Research Institute for Arts and Technology 72 STARTS Prize ’17—Jury 46 Philip Beesley – Sentient Veil 75 STARTS Prize ’17—Nomination Committee 48 Marcus Maeder, Roman Zweifel – Treelab 76 STARTS Prize ’17—International Advisors Innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS The STARTS Trophy was designed by Nick Ervinck. The Belgian artist explores the boundaries between various media, fostering a cross-pollination between the digital and the physical. He applies tools Grand Prize of the European Commission honoring and techniques from new media, in order to explore the aesthetic potential of sculpture, 3D prints, Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society animation, installation, architecture, and design. TAWSTAR, 2016 Photo: Peter Verplancke stimulated by the Arts “I think that more and more we all understand that innovation in the future will be on that intersection of the arts and sciences”. In an elaborated process of open call and nomina- Recommendations by International Advisors Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation tions by advisory experts, a total of 2,977 entries To encourage a wider range of participants as well from 97 countries were submitted in the applica- as a geographical and gender balance, 13 interna- tion period that ran from January 11th to March 13th, tional advisors who are experts in the field were 2017 and 474 projects were shortlisted. Out of the engaged to recommend interesting projects and total number of 2,977 entries, four groups of artists. These recommended participants were experts nominated 30 projects for the STARTS contacted by the Ars Electronica team and asked This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and Prize, which were presented to the STARTS Prize to submit their project via the submission plat- innovation program under grant agreement No 732019. jurors for final consideration. Following extensive form, with the same process and deadlines as for deliberations, they decided to award I’m Humanity the open submissions. These international advi- by Etsuko Yakushimaru for Artistic Exploration, sors served as facilitators to identify relevant works and Rock Print by Gramazio Kohler Research, ETH and projects during the submission process and STARTS – Science, Technology and the ARTS Zurich, and Self-Assembly Lab, MIT, for Innovative helped to ensure a wide reach out and fast intro- Collaboration. Furthermore, they selected 10 duction of the new award. The STARTS program is an initiative of the Euro- STARTS Prize’17 projects for an Honorary Mention. pean Commission, encouraging synergies between Grand Prize of the European Commission honor- Nominations the arts and industry to support innovation for ing Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society Submission and Evaluation Process All submissions were evaluated by a nomination technology and society by promoting the inclusion stimulated by the Arts On behalf of the European Commission, Ars Elec- committee in the order of their arrival. The com- of artists in Horizon 2020 projects. The core of the tronica, in collaboration with BOZAR and Waag mittee nominated 15 projects for prize consider- The European Commission’s STARTS Prize initia- program is a call for coordination and support tive is designed to spotlight people and projects Society, issued an open call for entries to a com- ation by the jury. Since the main categories of Prix actions to foster collaboration and dialog between that have the potential to make a sustainable pos- petition that determined the second recipients of Ars Electronica have a strong overlap with the cri- artists, creative people, and technologists under itive impact on Europe’s economic, technological, STARTS Prize. Considering the interdisciplinary teria of the STARTS Prize, artists submitting for the Horizon 2020 program for research and inno- social, and ecological future. This competition approach, the STARTS Prize’17 was again launched the Prix Ars Electronica could decide to enter their vation. In addition a new European Union Prize— seeks innovative projects at the nexus of science, with a dual approach for submissions: submission also for the STARTS Prize. Of these the STARTS Prize—has been developed in 2016 to technology and the arts, and honors the best of submissions a total of five projects per category promote this program and to give visibility to out- them with the STARTS Prize. The STARTS Prize Submission via Open Call were nominated for prize consideration by the standing projects and best practice examples. aims to showcase and celebrate visions and The STARTS Prize open call started on January three Prix Juries (Computer Animation/Film/VFX, achievements at the interface between innovation 11th, and ended on March 13th, 2017. Submissions Hybrid Art, and Digital Musics & Sound Art). Innovation in and for Europe and creation. The winners receive the STARTS It has long been an established fact that innovation could be made either by artists / creative profes- The resulting list of 30 nominations represents a Trophy and €20,000 in prize money. Both winning sionals or the researchers / companies involved. comprehensive overview of the international state is at the core of a competitive economy. Europe has projects as well as a selection of the Honorary historically focused its attention in engineering on The competition was open: of the art collaborations between art and tech- Mentions and Nominations are showcased at - to groundbreaking collaborations and projects nology. Therefore all 30 projects are published in R&D and standardization. Today, however, focusing the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, the BOZAR driven by both technology and the arts. the CyberArts 2017 book. only on technology is not sustainable. An increas- Electronic Arts Festival in Brussels, and Waag - to all forms of artistic works and practices with ing number of high tech companies throughout Society in Amsterdam. Plus, projects singled out the world assert that, in addition to scientific and for STARTS Prize recognition are featured in exhi- a strong link to innovation in technology, Jury Selection technological skills, the critical skills needed for bitions and shows that Ars Electronica, BOZAR, business, and/or society. In the final round, all 30 nominations were evalu- innovation to happen and to be of value for society and Waag Society stage worldwide. - to all types of technological and scientific ated by the STARTS Prize jury in order to select are skills such as creativity rooted in artistic prac- research and development that has been two prize-winning projects and up to ten Honorary tices. In this context, the expertise and practice of The STARTS Prize competition is staged annually inspired by art or involves artists as catalysts of Mentions. The jury consisted of seven experts, one artists can directly drive and influence innovation in two categories: novel thinking. representative of each Prix Ars Electronica cate- in technology. They offer new perspectives, inspire - to artists
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