[Nettime-bold] webby award 2000- Ausschreibung für Internetkunst

["Margot.Schmitt" <Margot.Schmitt@germanynet.de>]

auf Empfehlung von Stephan Schröder "spiv" poste ich auf dieser
Liste die Info zum webby award 2000. Sorry der Kurzfristigkeit des Termins.
Für den einen oder die andere reicht's vielleicht noch. Go for it!
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> > > >Subject: Webby's/SFMOMA online artist(s) award
> > > >Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:56:42 -0800
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> > > >FYI
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >SFMOMA and The Webby Awards Announce Call for Entries and Unveil
Panel
> > > of
> > > >Jurors for New $50,000 Online Art
> > > > Prize
> > > >
> > > > 02/18/2000
> > > > PR Newswire
> > > > (Copyright (c) 2000, PR Newswire)
> > > >
> > > > First Winner(s) to Be Announced at Webby Awards 2000 on May 11
> > > >
> > > > SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- David A. Ross, director of
the
> > > San
> > > >Francisco Museum of Modern Art
> > > > (SFMOMA), and Tiffany Shlain, director and founder of the Webby
> > > Awards,
> > > >today announced the call for entries for a new
> > > > international prize to recognize and encourage artists working in
> > > online
> > > >media.
> > > >
> > > > According to Ross and Shlain, the SFMOMA Webby Prize for Excellence
in
> > >
> > > >Online Art will offer $50,000 annually to an artist orartists for a
> > > body of
> > > >work whose primary focus is to be experienced online and that
explores
> > > and
> > > >expands the distinctive capacity of the online medium. The call for
> > > entries
> > > >opens February 22 and closes March 14, 2000. Interested artists may
> > > find
> > > >submission guidelines and entry forms at www.webbyawards.com,
> > > www.sfmoma.org
> > > >or www.iadas.net.
> > > >
> > > > The organizers also unveiled a distinguished roster of online art
> > > experts
> > > >who will serve as jurors for the prize, including:
> > > >
> > > >   -- Gary Hill, Seattle-based video artist and 1998 MacArthur Fellow
> > > >   -- Machiko Kusahara, media art curator and assistant professor in
> > > the
> > > >      Graduate School of Science and Technology at Kobe University in
> > > Japan
> > > >   -- John Maeda, Sony Career Development Professor of Media Arts and
> > > >      Sciences
> > > >      at the MIT Media Lab and author of Design by Numbers,
considered
> > > the
> > > >      computer programming primer for artists
> > > >   -- Femke Wolting, curator of Exploding Cinema and programmer of
the
> > > >      International Film Festival, Rotterdam
> > > >   -- Aaron Betsky, SFMOMA curator of architecture, design and
digital
> > > >      projects
> > > >   -- Keiko Hayashi, SFMOMA director of graphic design
> > > >   -- John Weber, SFMOMA Leanne and George Roberts Curator of
Education
> > > and
> > > >      Public Programs
> > > >   -- Benjamin Weil, SFMOMA curator of media arts
> > > >
> > > > The first annual SFMOMA Webby Prize will be presented on May 11 at
the
> > >
> > > >Webby Awards 2000, to be held in San Francisco's
> > > > historic Nob Hill Masonic Center. The Webby Awards, the leading
> > > >international honors for Web sites, are presented by the
International
> > > >Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a global organization
> > > >dedicated to the creative, technical and professional progress of new
> > > media.
> > > >
> > > > "Our purpose is to call attention to this developing technology as a
> > > medium
> > > >for creative expression and to encourage those exploring its
aesthetic
> > > >potential," stated Ross. "Just as photography was dawning as an
> > > artistic
> > > >medium 100 years ago-and video only 30 years ago-so, today, artists
> > > around
> > > >the world have begun to work with new online technology, exploring
its
> > > >inherent properties as well as its application as a tool in the
service
> > > of
> > > >individual creativity. The Webby Awards are the perfect partner in
this
> > >
> > > >effort, and we are delighted to be collaborating with them."
> > > >
> > > > Shlain, who is also president of the IADAS, added, "The Webby Awards
> > > have
> > > >been at the forefront of recognizing and celebrating Web-based art,
and
> > > this
> > > >prize-the first Webby Award to be granted to an individual-represents
> > > an
> > > >important step forward for the discipline. We are thrilled to be
> > > working
> > > >with an institution like SFMOMA that shares our commitment to
advancing
> > >
> > > >artistic innovation in this emerging field."
> > > >
> > > > The SFMOMA Webby Prize will be administered by the IADAS. The prize
> > > pool of
> > > >$50,000-provided through the generosity of an anonymous SFMOMA
> > > donor-will be
> > > >granted to an individual or divided among up to three artists, at the
> > > >discretion of the panel. The winning artist(s) will also be featured
in
> > >
> > > >e.space, SFMOMA's online gallery housed on the Museum's newly
> > > redesigned Web
> > > >site
> > > > http://www.sfmoma.org.
> > > >
> > > > Following the Webby Awards 2000, SFMOMA will host and present an
> > > >international symposium on online art on Saturday, May
> > > > 13, from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Museum's Phyllis Wattis Theater. The
> > > winning
> > > >artist(s) will participate in a panel that includes prize jurors and
> > > other
> > > >leading figures in the digital and online art fields. For more
> > > information
> > > >on the symposium, call the Education Hot Line at
> > > > 415-947-1292.
> > > >
> > > > About SFMOMA
> > > >
> > > > Founded in 1935, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art exists to
> > > collect,
> > > >preserve, present and interpret the best of
> > > > contemporary and modern art for the purpose of enriching people's
> > > lives
> > > >through aesthetic and learning experiences. SFMOMA has
> > > > distinguished itself museums internationally as one of the leading
> > > >exploring art-making and arts education in digital media and on the
> > > > World Wide Web. SFMOMA has pioneered the exploration of design using
> > > >digital media and was the first museum in the United
> > > > States to acquire Web sites for its permanent collection of design.
> > > These
> > > >holdings, soon to be joined by online commissioned art, will
> > > > be exhibited on a rotating basis on e.space, the Museum's online
> > > gallery.
> > > >The Museum has also produced three award-winning
> > > > multimedia educational programs to date.
> > > >
> > > > About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
> > > >
> > > > The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated
to
> > > the
> > > >creative, technical and professional progress of new
> > > > media. The goal of the IADAS is to assemble a unique and brilliant
> > > panel of
> > > >leading new media experts, Web visionaries, journalists
> > > > and luminaries to propel the new medium through the new millennium.
> > > IADAS
> > > >currently boasts over 200 members, including such
> > > > diverse experts as film director Francis Ford Coppola, musician
David
> > > >Bowie, Chair of Miramax Talk Media Tina Brown,
> > > > cyberguru Esther Dyson, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Infoseek
> > > Chairman
> > > >Steve Kirsch and computer scientist Jaron Lanier, as
> > > > well as writers and editors from such publications as Wired,
Details,
> > > Fast
> > > >Company, Elle, ARTBYTE, The New York Times, The
> > > > Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vibe, Forbes, Premier, PC World
and
> > > Jane.
> > > >For more information, visit http://www.iadas.net.
> > > >
> > > > About the Webby Awards
> > > >
> > > > Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by Entertainment Weekly, The
> > > Webby
> > > >Awards are the leading creative honors for digital
> > > > media. Nominees and winners are chosen by The International Academy
of
> > >
> > > >Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards are an
> > > > IDG event. Sponsors for the 2000 Webby Awards include
Hewlett-Packard,
> > >
> > > >Visa, Metamor Consulting Solutions, vivid studios ,
> > > > BeSeen, Metropolis, Access Magazine, Tipworld, ARTBYTE,
LinkExchange,
> > > >MacWorld. Balloting is audited by
> > > > PriceWaterhouseCoopers. For more information, visit
> > > >http://www.webbyawards.com.
> > > >
> > > > About IDG
> > > >
> > > > IDG publishes more than 290 computer magazines and newspapers and
700
> > > books
> > > >and offers online users the largest network of
> > > > technology-specific sites around the world through www.idg.net,
which
> > > >comprises more than 240 targeted Web sites in 55 countries.
> > > > IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions
> > > >worldwide and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices
> > > > in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at
> > > >http://www.idg.com.
> > > >
> > > > Contact: /CONTACT: Patrick Kowalczyk, patrick@mkpr.com, or Maria
> > > Landin,
> > > >maria@mkpr.com, both of The Webby Awards,
> > > > 212-627-8098; or Lynne Kimura, 415-357-4176, or lkimura@sfmoma.org,
or
> > >
> > > >Polly Winograd, 415-357-4173, or
> > > > pwinograd@sfmoma.org, both of SFMOMA/ 12:07 EST
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