Linz
Benjamin’s Recycling Centre
Benjamin Hölzl (AT)
Young Creatives u12 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Benjamin's hardworking employee Robert the robot collects aluminum cans and hauls away the paper container for disposal. This robot was built using LEGO Mindstorms blueprints and is controlled with the accompanying remote control.
Upcycling Stadt
Lisa Marits (AT)
Young Creatives u12 recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Lisa is very interested in upcycling and strongly believes that it is becoming more and more important for our future. That's why the idea came up that we humans could also live in upcycling buildings. The parts of the city are mostly made of upcycled material: a plastic bottle house that you can live in; an Innocent bottle that became a pool; an Amazon cardboard box that she turned into a supermarket.
Prix Ars Electronica „u19–create your world“ Exhibition
Young Professionals, Young Creatives (AT)
This year’s exhibition of the 23 winning projects in the u19–create your world category once again shows a colorful mix of refreshing ideas, critical projects and research approaches by children and young people. The exhibition will be presented as an interactive platform at the festival by the young people themselves. The winners will get to know each other and can exchange new ideas.
Award Ceremony u19–create your world
The Award Ceremony will focus on the Prix Ars Electronica winners in the "u19 - create your world" category.
Kranfahrzeug auf vier Ketten – LEGO Technic
Leopold Kastler (AT)
Young Creatives u10 Prize, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The crane vehicle is made of LEGO Technic components. It travels on four tracks driven by four motors - all remote controlled. For this purpose, not only motors, but also batteries, cables and receivers for remote control are built into the vehicle. There are also three extra motors: one for the linear drive that moves the crane up and down, and two for the winch that can be used to lift loads.
Erster Plastikschlucker der Welt
Emilio Deutsch (AT)
Young Creatives u10 Award, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Emilio has seen all the polluted beaches, and he didn't like that sight. That's why he invented the world's first plastic swallower. With it you can dissolve garbage, especially plastic garbage, within a few minutes. This could make the environment cleaner again.
Little Dancing Stars: Alle im Takt
Sarah Hölzl (AT)
Young Creatives u10 recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, people were not able to attend dancing lessons or go to a disco. But because dancing is much more fun with a partner, the robot has become the dance partner. Why should robots only be used for work? Vernie, the LEGO BOOST ROBOT, was programmed to enable it to waltz.
The Click
Caroline Bär (AT), Zara Dineva (AT), Julia Scheiwein (AT), Anna Zoglauer (AT); Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
Young Professionals recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The Click is an animatic short film that takes up various current social debates such as gender roles, parent-child relationships, adoption ethics and racism and processes them both humorously and critically.
The 2020 Rise Up
Gregor Franz (AT), Johannes Rass (AT), Julian Pixel Schmiederer (AT)
Young Professionals recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The documentary film The 2020 Rise Up deals with global protest movements: from local offshoots of the worldwide climate protests to rallies about the inhumane conditions in Greek refugee camps and anti-government mass protests in Hong Kong.
Sprechende Teslaspule
Nikolaus Juch (AT)
Young Professionals recognition, Prix Ars Electronica 2021 | The Talking Tesla Coil can play back any audio sequence without pre-processing. For example, it can play human speech or music directly from a smartphone in real time. During playback, the power of the Tesla coil becomes sensually perceptible: visually, it offers an impressive spectacle of colored flashes, and the ozone produced in small quantities can be smelled.
