Call for entries: VIDA 15.0 Art and Artificial Life

On this week was announced the launch of VIDA 15.0, an edition featuring several novelties. For example, this year they have introduced the Telefónica I+D Incentive award. The winner of this new prize will receive assistance from a Telefónica team of experts in research, development and innovation and will be invited to the Telefónica I+D Research Centre in Barcelona.

Moreover, in this year’s edition the general public will also be able to participate via their website with the People’s Choice Award. One of the honorary mentions will go to the project that receives the most votes after the jury makes its preliminary selection. The voting process will be open to all online users.

First prize - Pigeon d’Or. Tuur van Balen (Belgium) VIDA 14.

This year’s edition of the VIDA Art and Artificial Life International Awards, VIDA 15.0, is being organised in collaboration with the research and development division of the Telefónica group, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, with the aim of encouraging innovation using the latest artificial life technologies. Of the five award-winning projects, the jury and the Telefónica I+D team will choose one that will receive additional support (as well as the Incentives for Production cash prize) to assist with its development.

The artist or artists (in the event of a joint project) will receive assistance from experts on research, development and innovation in cutting-edge information technologies. In addition to benefiting from regular advice and contact online, the artist/s will also be invited to spend a maximum of one month in Telefónica’s innovation department in Barcelona (Spain), with all accommodation and travel expenses paid. If the project is presented by a collective, the travel and accommodation expenses will be limited to a maximum of two people for the duration of the internship, which shall not exceed one month. All the travel and accommodation arrangements are personal and nontransferable and therefore may not be passed on to anyone else.

Project submission timeline: from 23rd April to 31th July 2013. The deadline for submitting projects is 31th July 2013 at midnight (Spanish mainland time zone). The jury’s decision will be announced in October 2013.

See competition guidelines.

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-- First prize - Pigeon d’Or. Tuur van Balen (Belgium) VIDA 14.