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2019 “Present Future” Art & Technology Star Award

Encourage future stars to create an art combined with technology

Gather global creative talents from the disciplines such as technology and art

Establish a sophisticated platform for communication about art and

technology, education and practice, creation and cross-border industries

Who We Are Looking For

Global Art & Technology Creators

*Note: All competitors shall submit their works individually or in a team

Competition Categories

AI

Use some form of AI technology to create excellent works of art,

promote new forms of artistic expression and the creativity of artists

Interaction

Through the connection between technology and art, push the audience "enter" the work or

interact with it, and establish a new relationship between people and the work

Installation

Through artistic selection, utilization, transformation and combination of a variety of

media materials, as well as specific ideas of creators, new artistic connotation

is endowed to the materials

Projection Art

Through projection, image, sound and other media, show the artist's artistic expression

in the light and shadow transformation

Film

Excellent video works expressed in pure visual form through digital creation

Game

As the "ninth art", game is technical, interactive and entertaining. Creators use game as

a medium to express their artistic ideas

Entry Requirements

Video and text shall be used by all participants or teams to introduce their works：

1.Upload original video (MP4/MOV, min. 1280*720 px)

2.5 Images of the original work (min. 1280*720 px)

3.Description of the work (including title, max. 500 words)

4.Contact information （E-mail address and phone number）

5.The participant’s or team’s short introduction

Competition Timeline

Deadline for Submission: 2019.04.30, 8:00 am, Beijing Time

Shortlist Announcement Date: 2019.05.10

(Shortlisted works will be announced on the competition's official website)

Expected Award Ceremony: May 31, 2019

Awards Setting

  • Best Creative Award (1 Award)
    Prize: 10000RMB (Tax included)
  • Individual Awards (6 Awards)
    Prize: 3000RMB (Tax included)
  • Infinity Award (1 Award )
    Prize: 3000RMB (Tax included)

Award Description
1.

The awards are divided into three categories: one Best Creative Award; six Individual Awards, which are AI, interaction, installation, projection art, film and game; one Infinity Award. Moreover, we will customize the trophies, certificates and provide prizes

2.

All shortlisted works are eligible to participate in the 2019 "Present Future" Art & Technology Star Award - "Present Future" Art & Technology Star Auction

3.

All artists on shortlist are sincerely welcomed to join the welfare courses, thematic lectures and sharing sessions provided by the organizing committee and to discuss the branding promotion of new media art works, project implementation and other related topics

4.

All shortlisted works will have the opportunity to be incubated by the industrial chain linked by the organizing committee and cooperators

The Selection Rules
1.

Both preliminary and final competitors are scored by the organizing committee from the perspectives of professionalism, artistic expression, creativity and investment value. The competition judges are composed of industry experts, college leaders and representatives of important enterprises

2.

80 shortlisted works will be evaluated in the preliminary competition, which will be published on the competition's official website

3.

The winners will be announced in the ceremony held in May 31 and be published on the competition's official website

Competition Judges

  • Roy Ascott

    Pioneer of New Media Art; DeTao Master, Founder chairman of Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth, UK; Artist; Theorist
  • Wang Jianqiang

    Dean of School of New Media Art ,Shanghai Institute of Visual Art; President of East China TV Technology League; Vice President of China Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
  • Zhang Songhua

    Deputy Director of Dragon TV, Shanghai Media Group
  • Mike Stubbs

    Creative Producer for Doncaster Creates 20-22;FACT (UK) former CEO; Professor of Art, Media and Curating of Liverpool John Moores University in 2007; Artist; Curator
  • Gunalan Nadarajan

    Dean and Professor at the Stamps School of Art and Design, University of Michigan; Art Theorist; Curator
  • Feng Feng

    Dean of Institute of Experimental Art of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts; Artist; Curator
  • Xue Feng

    Professor of Media College of Nanjing Arts Institute; Executive director of China Contemporary Animation Art Archive；Curator; Art critic

Host Units

Organizer

“Present Future” Art & Technology Star Award Organizing Committee


Organizing Committee Member (In no particular order):

SMG Art Media Channel

Shanghai Institute of Visual Art

University of Michigan, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Institute of Intermedia Art

Media College of Nanjing Arts Institute

MANA Global New Media Art Platform

The organizing committee will continue inviting and attracting outstanding professional institutions

and individuals with a sense of mission in the field of art and technology to join, gather resources

of the whole industry, and promote the vigorous development of the art and technology industry

Cooperator

Unity

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VSOCloud

JD Auction

Sponsor

N Dimensions Media

For further details, please contact us:

“ Present Future ”Art & Technology Star Award Organizing Committee

Tel: 0086 173-1783-8050

E-mail: pftas@manamana.net

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