Media art, generative AI, innovation from Europe and Africa and plenty of bearers of hope – the “Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony” celebrates pioneers at the interface of art, technology and society.
The Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony, which is taking place this year at the Design Center Linz, is a central event of every Ars Electronica Festival. It is an evening by and for people whose work, vision and spirit is a source of inspiration and hope for others. It is an evening where the stage and all the attention belongs to artists, researchers, pioneers and activists. The Golden Nicas, which were awarded in 2024 in the categories “New Animation Art”, “Interactive Art+” and the Austria-wide category “u19 – create your world”, will be presented.
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The Golden Nica of New Animation Art goes to Beatie Wolfe (GB), in Interactive Art+ it is awarded to Diane Cescutti (FR) and in the category u19 – create your world to Jakob Gruber (AT). The “AI in Art Award” initiated in 2024 will also be officially presented during the Award Ceremony – to Paul Trillo (US).
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Power and Technology, 1500-2025 / Kate Crawford (AU), Vladan Joler (RS), Photo: Coutesy of the artists / Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler
Arts at CERN, photo: Sophia Bennett
Washed Out “The Hardest Part” / Paul Trillo (US)
Nosukaay / Diane Cescutti (FR)
Smoke and Mirrors / Beatie Wolfe (GB)
INCREASE / Kerstin Neumann (DE), Roberto Papa (IT)
Patchwork Girl / Paulien Geerlings (NL), Jantine Jongebloed (NL), Eva Knibbe (NL), Noelía Martin-Montalvo (ES), Nina Van Tongeren (NL), de Toneelmakerij (NL), photo: Sanne Peper
Fluten der Freiheit / Jakob Gruber (AT)
Because the most traditional media art prize in the world has also become a platform for other institutions that – just like Ars Electronica – want to promote and utilize meaningful crossovers between different areas of our society, there will be further award ceremonies on this evening.
This year’s S+T+ARTS Prize of the European Commission goes to Vladan Joler and Kate Crawford / Calculating Empires and Monica Bello / Arts at CERN. The first ever “S+T+ARTS Prize Africa” will be awarded to Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) / Balot NFT. The winners will receive their STARTS Trophy during the Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony.
The winners of the Golden Nicas and S+T+ARTS Prize Trophies will be announced at the Prx Ars Electronica Award Ceremony. In the picture: the 2023 winners. Photo: vog.photo
The winners will be presented by Emiko Ogawa, Head of Prix Ars Electronica. Photo: vog.photo
Not only the main awards will be presented on this evening, but also the Awards of Distinctions and Honorary Mentions, photo: vog.photo
Ars Electronica was also able to host another European Commission award in the form of the “European Union Prize for Citizen Science”. The winners are Kerstin Neumann, Roberto Papa / INCREASE: Intelligent Collections of Food-Legume Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems INCREASE Citizen Science Experiment (CSE) and will be invited on stage at the “Prix Ars Electronica Award Ceremony”.
Together with the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Ars Electronica 2024 has organized two competitions for artists. This time, the “Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity” will go to Paulien Geerlings, Jantine Jongebloed, Eva Knibbe, Noelía Martin-Montalvo, Nina Van Tongeren, de Toneelmakerij / Patchwork Girl.