Hello All, Here is a wonderful opputinity from Prix Ars Electronics to receive a grant and support for your wearable projects. I highly encourage all of you to apply. Make me proud! Deadline: March 5, 2010 Link to Onliine Submission Submission Details Details below: The aim of this art & technology grant bestowed annually by voestalpine and Ars Electronica is to honor new and extraordinarily promising ideas and to support the process of developing them further. Artistic and social innovations are what we’re looking for; technological and scientific approaches too! Whatever it is, the accent should definitely be on striving to conceptualize something in a totally fresh way, advancing it to the next level and significantly enhancing it thereby. Taking the next big step forward. This year, we seek to nurture projects that deal with three themes of key importance to humankind’s future: energy, mobility and access. Alternative models for improved ways of using energy and resources; concepts and ideas for a world that has become more mobile and more globalized; measures and projects designed to enable broader access to and participation in the possibilities afforded by our modern Information Society. Men and women worldwide who have developed but not yet implemented a concept in the fields of art, design or technology are encouraged to apply for this grant. The recipient will receive a cash stipend in the amount of €7,500 and an invitation to spend three months in Linz as Artist/Scientist-in-Residence at Ars Electronica. The project or concept singled out for recognition in this way will be presented in the Prix Ars Electronica’s “CyberArts 2010” catalog and at the 2010 Ars Electronica Festival. The awarding of this grant is made possible by voestalpine. Submission Details Each submission has to include the following parts: — video documentation (approx. 3 min.) — concept description — production plan Each concept is to be entered in the form of a video documentation (approx. 3 min.), in which the author of the project personally introduces the concept. The concept description should explain the essentials of the idea and how it could be realized in terms of technical details (hardware and software), production tasks, and spatial requirements. The production plan should contain a clear description of the production tasks involved in the project, and an indication of whether the particular task is to be performed by the entrant personally or by someone else (e.g. Ars Electronica Futurelab personnel). Please note that the Jury’s decision will be based primarily on the concept description and he production plan, so please be sure that the information provided in your entry is as specific as possible. We ask you to use the online registration to register and to send the signed print-out of the online registration form along with your entry material by March 5, 2010 to: Ars Electronica Linz Ars-Electronica-Straße 1 4040 Linz, Austria Code: Prix or per fax to +43.732.7272-674
