Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is an international media art competition initiated in 1987 by Hannes Leopoldseder and organized by Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG in Linz, Austria. It is a competition rather than a film festival: its winners are honoured during the annual Ars Electronica Festival for art, technology and society, where they receive the Golden Nica statuette at the award ceremony and selected works appear in the Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition. The categories change over time; the 2026 categories are New Animation Art, Digital Humanity, Interactive Art + and the youth category u19 – create your world.
Computer animation has been part of the competition since 1987. Today the New Animation Art category covers artistic computer animation, AI-generated images, scientific and data visualisation, animated documentary, VR and projection works, and its prizewinners are screened at the Ars Electronica Animation Festival. The 2027 Ars Electronica Festival takes place in Linz on 8–12 September 2027.
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Contacts
- ars.electronica.art
- prix@ars.electronica.art — Prix Ars Electronica office: submissions and competition
- +43 732 7272 781 — Prix Ars Electronica office
- Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG, Ars-Electronica-Straße 1, 4040 Linz, Austria — Organizer
- ars.electronica.art — New Animation Art category (animation entries)
- ars.electronica.art — Ars Electronica Festival, where the prizes are presented