- January 29th: Winners 2005
- January 12th: Finalists and jury 2005
- Programme of the pitching-event Jan 29th 2005
- MobiusNordica2005.pdf
PRIX MÖBIUS NORDICA 2005 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of Prix Möbius Nordica 2005 competition were announced on January 25th 2005.
The Prix Möbius Nordica competition aims at promoting creativity and innovation especially in the field of interactivity. High quality in aesthetic and technical realisation, the relation of the chosen expressional means to the content, and the target group were also meaningful criteria for the selection. We also took into consideration the status of the work in the context of already published productions in the same area, and the potential for international distribution.
The winners of the Prix Möbius Nordica will participate in the international competition PRIX MÖBIUS INTERNATIONAL in France on the Ile de la Réunion, in March 2005.
The winners are:
Main Award (Le Grand Prix):
Switching (Denmark)
Creativity (Le Prix de la Création):
Eve Online, the Second Genesis (Iceland)
Innovation (Le Prix de l'Innovation):
Situations (Finland)
Interactive Storytelling (Le Prix de la Scénarisation interactive):
Finland at War / Suomen Sodat (Finland)
The Jury’Äôs Special Award (Le Prix Spécial du Jury):
TimeDreams (Finland)
Jury's statement:
Switching:
Switching is a stimulating and comprehensive effort challenging human
resources; actors, production technicians and the audience alike, creating
a well crafted and compelling vehicle for reconstruction and narrative
interactions.
Author: Morten Schjodt, Oncotype, Denmark
www.switching.dk
Eve Online, the Second Genesis:
Eve Online, the Second Genesis is a massively multiplayer on-line game
which gives the power of creation to the community of people playing it.
The games makes a difference in a highly competitive market through its
developed socio-economical system and great graphics!
Authors: CCP, Iceland
www.eve-online.com
Situations
Situations / births, combines the public and the private in an innovative way
in both the content and the interface. Pictures of newborn babies and
messages attached to them create a tender and respectful public diary of
the most touching memories of people. Situations combines mobile phones,
MMS, a www-site and public installation into a holistic entity, which
reaches a completely new target group, and would deserve to become a
permanent service.
Author: Heidi Tikka, Finland
http://mlab.uiah.fi/~htikka/
Finland at War / Suomen Sodat:
Suomen Sodat (DVD) allows one to explore the complexity of the 2nd World
War offering plenty of documents drawn from archives, interviews, 3d
simulations of the site of the war and reconstruction of the time from
different perspectives; Finnish, German and Russian. Young people
especially can gain knowledge of the war via this interactive
production, whose parts are fluently mixed together in a complex,
multi-level story.
Authors: Kärkijoukkue Oy, Finland
www.suomensodat.fi
Timedreams:
Miikka Poutiainen‚s interactive web-based art project, Timedreams, deals
with one of the central dilemma‚s of modern existence; people‚s basic
problem in dealing with use of time and how to prioritise things in
everyday life. The complex but coherent web site was considered by the jury to possess high artistic values, a playful mixture of visual richness and technical virtuosity. Throughout the various levels of the work the visitor is encouraged to take part in playful interaction which results in a personal profile of one‚s relationship to time and to the inevitable process of aging and death. The system behind the work also collects personal profiles and allows comparison of attitudes between individuals in different regions of the world. Timedreams is Miika Poutianen‚s final degree work at the Media Lab, University of Art and Design, Helsinki.
Author:Miikka Poutiainen, Finland
www.timedreams.net
Descriptions of the winning works:
SWITCHING
Interactive film
Morten Schjodt, Oncotype, Denmark
www.switching.dk
Switching is a different type of film that paves the way for new
storytelling methods. Switching is a love story. It can be changed any time
by the user. The narrative is structured around a circular system. It has
no ending. The film is the clickable object. The interface is transparent.
EVE Online, the Second Genesis
massive multiplayer online game
CCP, Iceland
www.eve-online.com
EVE Online is the next generation in massive multiplayer online games. Set
in a world of galactic magnitude, your aim is to establish yourself as a
major mover and shaker, trusted by your friends and respected by your
enemies. Your main tools to accomplish this, apart from the whole panoply
of sophisticated equipment, space ships and corporations will be your
business acumen and social skills, Machiavellian thinking and cunning
combat strategies.
Tilanteita (SITUATIONS)
Mobile & Internet
Heidi Tikka, Finland
http://mlab.uiah.fi/~htikka/
Tilanteita (Situations) is an ongoing series of experiments of
participatory online and mobile media. The objective of the project is to
develop concepts and prototypes for MMS-based communication, particularly
for families with small children.
FINLAND AT WAR / SUOMEN SODAT
DVD-rom & DVD video
Kärkijoukkue Oy, Finland
www.suomensodat.com
Finland at War - The Continuation War 1941-44 is a large multimedia work
which includes a PC DVD-rom and DVD video. The aim of the product is to
tell why The Continuation War was fought, what the objectives of Finland
and Soviet Union were, what really happened at the decisive battles, and
how Finland survived as an independent country.
TIMEDREAMS
software / internet art
Miikka Poutiainen, Finland
www.timedreams.net
TimeDreams is an interactive software / internet artwork. The work deals
with the user‚s personal time in the mediated and technology-driven
everyday life. The user travels through a surrealistic visual and
auditive world by completing tasks and experiencing flowing animations. In
the end the user gets results on his/her relation to time. The user can
also watch other people‚s results.
Prix Mobius Nordica Jury 2005
Marita Liulia, artist, director, chair of the jury
Pia Reunala, M.A., producer of the competition, secretary of the jury
Antonella Sbrilli-Eletti, professor, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Pia Vigh, advisor, Nordic Council of Ministers, Denmark
Peter Hagdahl, professor, Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
Skulina Kjartansdottir, director, Iceland Center of Musicethnology, Iceland
Raine Koskimaa, professor, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Elukka Eskelinen, director, Media Centre Lume, Finland
Philip Dean, director, Media Lab, University of Art and Design, Finland
Partners: The Nordic Culture Fund, Ministry of Education, Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, AVEK (The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture), FRAME
(Finnish Fund for Art Exchange), The French Cultural Center in Helsinki,
Media Lab and Media Centre Lume of the University of Art and Design,
Helsinki.
Prix Möbius Nordica is organized by Medeia in co-operation with Media
Centre Lume and Media Lab of the University of Art and Design, Helsinki.
Additional information:
info@prixmobiusnordica.org
Contacts:
Pia Reunala
Producer
pr318@nyu.edu
gsm:+358 50 330 6974
Marita Liulia
Director of Competition
liulia@medeia.com
gsm:+358 40 833 8944
Medeia
Rauhankatu 7 e 38
00170 Helsinki
Finland
www.medeia.com
University of Arts and Design
Media Centre Lume
Hämeentie 135
00560 Helsinki
Finland
www.lume.fi
