Ars Electronica 2016: Golden Nica to Boris Labbé and Jonas Bodingbauer
The 2016 Ars Electronica Festival awarded Golden Nicas in several categories. In Computer Animation-Film-VFX, the Golden Nica went to French artist Boris Labbé for his digital animation "Rhizome," an 11-minute visual poem of proliferating microscopic forms in infinite space, referencing Gilles Deleuze's rhizomatic philosophy and computer network peering. The jury praised it as a complex, post-digital painting-like work. In the u19-Create Your World category, 17-year-old Austrian Jonas Bodingbauer won for his video game "The Decision," a two-player game where one player is a cancer patient and the other is cancer itself, critiquing cynical game mechanics. The Visionary Pioneer of Media Art award was given to Polish-born, British-naturalized critic Jasia Reichardt, curator of the seminal 1968 exhibition "Cybernetic Serendipity" at the Institute of Contemporary Art London, later shown at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington and the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Key facts
- Ars Electronica Festival 2016 awarded Golden Nicas.
- Boris Labbé won Golden Nica for Computer Animation-Film-VFX for 'Rhizome'.
- 'Rhizome' is an 11-minute digital animation of proliferating microscopic forms.
- The work references Gilles Deleuze's rhizomatic philosophy and computer network peering.
- Jonas Bodingbauer, age 17, won u19-Create Your World for video game 'The Decision'.
- 'The Decision' is a two-player game: cancer patient vs. cancer.
- Jasia Reichardt named Visionary Pioneer of Media Art 2016.
- Reichardt curated 'Cybernetic Serendipity' in 1968 at ICA London, later at Corcoran Gallery and Exploratorium.
Entities
Artists
- Boris Labbé
- Jonas Bodingbauer
- Jasia Reichardt
- Gilles Deleuze
Institutions
- Ars Electronica Festival
- Institute of Contemporary Art London
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Exploratorium
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Washington
- United States
- San Francisco