ARCO/BEEP NEW MEDIA ART AWARDS
2nd edition
Conceded by BEEP, in collaboration with ARCO
Worth 8.000 euros and 6.000 euros
The goal of these awards is to advance the production and exhibition of New Media Art, and art linked to new technologies. Its purpose is to promote new high-tech art, and to foster communication between the manufacturers/creators of this new technology and those who create art. A natural collaboration, which will benefit and enrich both sides.
There are two ACQUISITION PRIZES:
1) @ARCO Prize: worth 8.000 euros. To be eligible, an artwork must be shown by a gallery at the 26th edition of ARCO, the International Contemporary Art Fair, in Madrid (15-19 February 2007), and must have a significant component involving new technology or electronic media.
2) OFF-ARCO Prize: worth 6.000 euros. Artworks presented by individual artists or collectives.
The prizes will be awarded by an international jury of prestigious specialists.
Registration form will be available from the 30th of October on the ARCO/BEEP NEW MEDIA ART Prize website www.arco.beep.es
