CyberArts 2018 Prix Ars Electronica 2018 CyberArts Hannes Leopoldseder · Christine Schöpf · Gerfried Stocker CyberArts 2018 International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica Computer Animation · Interactive Art + · Digital Communities Visionary Pioneers of Media Art · u19–CREATE YOUR WORLD STARTS Prize’18 Grand Prize of the European Commission honoring Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society stimulated by the Arts Contents STARTS Prize’18 STARTS Prize ’18 · NOMINATIONS Innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology and the ARTS 48 Kohei Ogawa, Itsuki Doi, Takashi Ikegami, and Hiroshi Ishiguro – Alter 49 Refik Anadol Studio – Archive Dreaming 50 Natsumi Kato, Hiroyuki Osone, Yoichi Ochiai – DeepWear 8 STARTS—Science, Technology and the ARTS – Introduction 51 Etsuko Ichihara – Digital Shaman Project 10 Anticipatory Art Sci Futurists – Joint statement of the STARTS Prize Jury 52 Majd Almashharawi – GreenCake Block and the STARTS Prize Nomination Committee 53 Hyphen-Labs / Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Ashley Baccus-Clark, Ece Tankal, Nitzan Bartov NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism 54 James Paterson – Norman STARTS Prize’18 · GRAND PRIZE · Artistic Exploration 16 Giulia Tomasello – Future Flora – Celebrating Female Biophilia 55 Andrew Styan – Off Grid 56 Yasmin Litschauer, Chiara Mazanec, Aisling Pircher, Laura Scheidl, Johannes Zottele STARTS Prize’18 · GRAND PRIZE · Innovative Collaboration Pounding Heart 20 MX3D & Joris Laarman Lab – Amsterdam’s 3D Printed Steel Bridge 57 Markos Kay – Quantum Fluctuations 58 Radio Garden STARTS Prize’18 · HONORARY MENTIONS 59 Self-Assembly Lab, MIT + Christophe Guberan + Steelcase – Rapid Liquid Printing 60 Akinori Goto – Rediscovery of Anima 26 Hayoun Kwon – 489 Years 61 Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo), Shunji Yamanaka — RidRoid “CanguRo” 28 Kristina Tsvetanova, Slavi Slavev / BLITAB Technology GmbH 62 Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Will Drinker– Self Reflected BLITAB—the innovative tablet for the blind 63 Dyne.org – Social Wallet 30 Ei Wada + Nicos Orchest-Lab – ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS! 64 Adam Harvey – VFRAME, Visual Forensics and Advanced Metadata Extraction 32 Maxim Kuzin, ATOM – Fennec Turbine 65 Joey Lee, Benedikt Groß, Raphael Reimann, MESO Digital Interiors, David Leonard 34 FluidSolids® AG – FluidSolids® Who Wants to Be a Self-Driving Car? 36 Making Sense Team – Making Sense—Citizen Sensing Toolkit 38 Rhizomatiks Research, ELEVENPLAY, evala, Takayuki Fujimoto (Kinsei R&D) – phosphere 40 Morphing Matter Lab at Carnegie Mellon University – Printed Paper Actuator 66 STARTS Prize ’18—Jury 42 Pol Jeremias Vila, Iñigo Quilez / Beautypi – Shadertoy 69 STARTS Prize ’18—Nomination Committee 44 Lucy McRae – The Institute of Isolation 71 STARTS Prize ’18—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 Grand Prize – Innovative Collaboration Recommendations by international “We should promote intersectional approaches to joint programs between the arts, culture, Awarded for innovative collaboration between advisors science, engineering and technology. STARTS illustrates that this interaction is successful industry or technology and the arts (and the cul- To encourage a wider range of participants as well and therefore marks a great example for current and prospective connections between the tural and creative sectors in general) that open as a geographical and gender balance, 20 interna- new pathways for innovation. arts and technology.” tional advisors who are experts in the field were Christian Ehler, Member of the European Parliament In an elaborate process of open call and nomina- engaged to recommend interesting projects and tions by advisory experts, a total of 2,344 entries artists. These recommended participants were from 88 countries were submitted in the applica- contacted by the Ars Electronica team and asked tion period that ran from January 10th to March 12th, to submit their project via the submission plat- 2018. Out of the total number of 2,344 entries, form, with the same process and deadlines as for This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program four groups of experts nominated 30 projects for the open submissions. These international advi- under grant agreement No 732019. the STARTS Prize, which were presented to the sors served as facilitators to identify relevant works STARTS Prize jurors for final consideration. Fol- and projects during the submission process and lowing extensive deliberations, they decided to helped to ensure a wide reach out and fast intro- STARTS – Science, Technology, and the ARTS award Future Flora – Celebrating Female Biophilia duction to the new award. by Giulia Tomasello for Artistic Exploration, and The S+T+ARTS = STARTS program is a program nomic, social, and business models. In recognition Amsterdam’s 3D Printed Steel Bridge by MX3D & Nominations of the European Commission launched in 2016 of this development the European Commission Joris Laarman Lab for Innovative Collaboration. All submissions were evaluated by a nomination to encourage synergies between the arts and has launched the STARTS initiative—Innovation at Furthermore, they selected 10 projects for an committee in the order of their arrival. The STARTS technology to support innovation in industry and the nexus of Science, Technology, and the ARTS. Honorary Mention. Prize Nomination Committee nominated 15 proj- society. STARTS promotes the inclusion of artists ects for prize consideration by the jury. Since in research and innovation activities in Europe. STARTS Prize ’18 Submission and evaluation process the main categories of Prix Ars Electronica have To encourage collaboration of engineers, scien- Grand Prize of the European Commission honor- On behalf of the European Commission, Ars Elec- a strong overlap with the criteria of the STARTS tists and artists, STARTS is currently funding four ing Innovation in Technology, Industry and Society tronica in collaboration with BOZAR and Waag Prize, artists submitting for the Prix Ars Electron- different pillars: STARTS Residencies of artists stimulated by the Arts issued an open call for entries to a competition ica could decide to enter their submission also for in technology institutions, STARTS Lighthouse that determined the third recipients of STARTS the STARTS Prize. Of these submissions a total of pilots to finance research with artists as active The European Commission’s STARTS Prize is Prize. Considering the interdisciplinary approach, five projects per category were nominated for prize parts of projects that work on concrete challenges designed to spotlight people and projects that the STARTS Prize ’18 was again launched with a consideration by the three Prix Juries (Computer for industry and society, STARTS Academy unit- have the potential to make a sustainable positive dual approach for submissions: Animation, Interactive Art+, and Digital Commu- ing engineers and artists to teach digital skills to impact on Europe’s economic, technological, nities). The resulting list of 30 nominations rep- citizens and young adults in a playful way, and social, and ecological future. This competition Submission via open call resents a comprehensive overview of the inter- the annual STARTS Prize to give visibility to out- seeks innovative projects at the nexus of science, The STARTS Prize open call started on January national state of the art collaborations between standing examples of collaboration between art technology, and the arts, and honors the best of 10th, and ended on March 12th, 2018. art and technology. Therefore all 30 projects are and technology. them with the STARTS Prize. The STARTS Prize Submissions could be made either by artists / cre- published in the CyberArts 2018 book. aims to showcase and celebrate visions and ative professionals or the researchers / companies Innovation in and for Europe achievements at the interface between innovation involved. Jury Selection It has long been an established fact that innovation and creation. The winners receive the STARTS The competition was open: In the final round, all 30 nominations were evalu- is at the core of a competitive economy. Europe has Trophy and €20,000 in prize money. Both winning - to groundbreaking collaborations and projects ated by the STARTS Prize Jury in order to select historically focused its attention in engineering on projects as well as a selection of the Honorary driven by both technology and the arts. two prize-winning projects and up to ten Honorary R&D and standardization. Today, however, focusing Mentions and Nominations are showcased at the - to all forms of artistic works and practices with a Mentions. The jury consisted of nine experts, one only on technology is not sustainable. An increas- Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, at BOZAR in Brus- strong link to innovation in technology, business, representative of each Prix Ars Electronica cate- ing number of high tech companies throughout sels, and at Waag in Amsterdam. Plus, projects and/or society. gory, and six representatives