From: starts-prize.aec.at

On behalf of the European Commission, Ars Electronica in collaboration with BOZAR and Waag Society is issuing an open call for entries to a competition that will determine the third recipients of STARTS Prize, prestigious and—with two €20,000 prizes—highly endowed awards. Expressly encouraged are innovative projects at the interface of science, technology and art.

*The submission starts on January 10th, 2018. The deadline of the open call is on March 2nd, 2018. There are no entry fees.

*The prizewinners will be selected by an international jury on April 23th, 2018.

*The prizewinners and their works will be presented to the public at a press conference at the latest in June 2018.

*They will be publically honored in September/October 2018.

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 Exploration
Awarded 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 Collaboration
Awarded for innovative collaboration between industry or technology and the arts that opens new pathways for innovation.

The STARTS Prize open call ends on March 2nd, 2018.