\\international\media\art\award 2003 :: call for submissions

[Petra Kaiser]

\\international\media\art\award 2003 :: call for submissions --

Constructed Life: Scenarios of Fiction
among computer games, cyber-sex, nanobytes and robotic arts

One impact of global medias on culture and economy, on politics and
society is the progressive substitution of the mechanisms of the social
construction of reality by the mechanisms of the media construction of
reality. The media are not only fields of action but also the
constructors of prescriptions for the action. «How to make things with
media»: thatís the performative turn of media society.

>From laptop-music to the standardized entertainments industry, from the
computer game to genetic engineering, from the daily «chat» in the
Internet to the use of intelligent tools, we see the increase of
constructibility and artificiality. Whether in business and in
correspondence, whether in leisure time or in private relationships ?
for their organization we use the virtual data space.

This year the \\international\media\art\award wants to know from artists
all over the world: How do you see the «Constructed Life»? What is your
vision of our future? Where are the chances and dangers of this
development?

- Peter Weibel -

The competition for the \\international\media\art\award 2003 is being
jointly organised by Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden (SWR) and ZKM | Center
for Art and Media Karlsruhe in cooperation with the Swiss television
station SF DRS, and ARTE. This award is the successor to the
International Video Art Award, awarded for the first time in 1992. The
general term »media art« is intended to provide a forum on the
television and in the general public for artistic videos as well as
other media and interactive arts projects.

\\\\\ prizes \\\\

\\international\media\art\award 2003 \\ VIDEO \ EUR 12,000

\\ international\media\art\award 2003 \\ INTERACTIVE \ EUR 12,000

special award \\ production at ZKM and TV documentary on SWR viewers'
award \\non-monetary prize

deadline: 1st april 2002
Only entries postmarked no later than the deadline for submission will
be accepted.

SWR Südwestrundfunk
Redaktion Medienkunstpreis
D-76522 Baden-Baden

\\information and entry form:
http://www.medienkunstpreis.de
medienkunstpreis at swr.de


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