Appointed by the European Commission, Ars Electronica, BOZAR and Waag Society are launching
a prize to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings
of science and technology with the arts.
This follows the launch of a new activity in the European
Commission named STARTS: Innovation at the nexus of Science, Technology, and the ARTS.
Science, Technology and
Arts (=STARTS) form a nexus with an extraordinarily high potential for creative innovation. And such innovation is considered
to be precisely what’s called for if we’re to master the social, ecological and economic challenges that Europe will be facing
in the near future. The role of artists thus is no longer seen to be just about propagating scientific and technological knowledge
and skills among the general public but much more as a kind of catalyst that can inspire and trigger innovative processes.
The artistic practice of creative exploration and experimental appropriation of new technologies has a wide reaching potential
to contribute to the development of new products and new economic, social and business models. Accordingly, the STARTS Prize
focuses on artistic works that influence or change the way we look at technology, and on innovative forms of collaboration
between the ICT sector and the world of art and culture.
Two prizes, each with €20,000 prize money, are offered
to honor innovative projects at the intersection of science, technology and the arts: one for artistic exploration, and thus
projects with the potential to influence or change the way technology is deployed, developed or perceived, and one for innovative
collaboration between industry/technology and art/culture in ways that open up new paths for innovation.
Grand
Prize—Artistic ExplorationAwarded for artistic exploration and art works where appropriation by the arts has
a strong potential to influence or alter the use, deployment or perception of technology.
Grand Prize—Innovative
CollaborationAwarded for innovative collaboration between industry or technology and the arts that opens new
pathways for innovation.
Submission phase ends on March 2, 2018!More information:
https://starts-prize.aec.at/en/
