Prix Ars Electronica

The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s most time-honored media arts competition. Winners are awarded the coveted Golden Nica statuette, prize money ranging up to € 10,000 per category and an opportunity to showcase their talents at the famed Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. In addition, there are two further prizes, the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity, worth 10,000 euros and initiated by the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and the Education Award Klasse! Lernen. in cooperation with OeAD and BMBWF.

The next Open Call will start in January 2023.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2022 Prix Ars Electronica!

The 2022 Winners

Computer Animation, Interactive Art +, Digital Communities, u19 - create your world, Visionary Pioneers of Media Art

Juries

All juries since 1987

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Best of Prix Ars Electronica 2021

PRIX-Awards Ceremony 2021
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Prix Forum
Credit: vog.photo

CyberArts Exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival
The Transparency Of Randomness / Vera Tolazzi, Mathias Gartner, Credit: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

CyberArts Exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival
PL’AI / Špela Petrič, Credit: vog.photo

Screening at the Ars Electronica Center / Deep Space 8K
OPERA / Erick Oh, Credit: vog.photo

PRIX-Awards Ceremony 2021
Credit: vog.photo

Online Press Conference
Credit: Ars Electronica / Robert Bauernhansl

CyberArts 2021

Documentation of the Prix Ars Electronica 2021. Lavishly illustrated and containing texts by the prize-winning artists and statements by the juries that singled them out for recognition, this catalog showcases the works honored by the Prix Ars Electronica 2021.

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The Golden Nicas since 1987

Luxo Jr.

Figure 10

Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.β

Bi0film.net: Resist like bacteria

Being

Laurie Anderson

Die schwarze Decke

re-wire

Prix & Collaborations

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Prix-Map

Winners by countries

Animation Festival on Tour

Host Screening

Home Delivery Services

Book Prix Inspirations

STARTS Prize

of the European Commission

Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity

Klasse! Lernen.

FAQ

What, when and how to submit?

Timetable

January 13, 2022	Submission phase for 2022 Prix Ars Electronica begins
March 14, 2022	Extended Submission deadline
April 28 – May 1, 2022	Jury Meeting
June 20, 2022	Announcement of the winners
September 7-11, 2022	Ars Electronica Festival

Ars Electronica Blog

Laurie Anderson: Creating, Evolving, Experiencing

What characterizes a "Pioneer of Media Art"? Laurie Anderson connects art with technology and opens new musical paths with her inventions.

How to "resist like bacteria"

Find out what we can learn from bacteria and why the future lies in collaborative resistance through the artists behind the project "Bi0film.net - Resist like Bacteria".

The black blanket: Art and Depression

With the project "The Black Blanket", Linz based artist Mary Mayrhofer artistically processes her depression and received the Golden Nica in the category "u19 - create your world" for it.

The Prix-Jury-Weekend 2022

Once again, 20 experts from around the world met in Linz to agree on the Golden Nicas of the Prix Ars Electronica 2022

We award your digitalization projects!

Teachers and students can now submit for the "Klasse! Lernen." education award. Project manager Veronika Krenn explains how it works.

Throwback: Videoplace

In 1990 the time was ripe to take the next evolutionary step in the development of Prix Ars Electronica by adding a new category for "Interactive Art".

Prix Ars Electronica 2022: Here we go again!

The Prix Ars Electronica kicks off the New Year! For the 35th time in a row, the world's most traditional media art competition is entering the next round.

Throwback: Goddess on new paths

What does a Greek goddess of victory have in common with the Prix Ars Electronica? More than you might think!