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Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif" color="#222222" size="4"><strong>On
Behalf of the European Commission, Ars Electronica, BOZAR and
the Waag Society are Calling for Entries to the 2017 STARTS
Prize Competition</strong></font></div>
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(Linz/Brussels, January 11, 2017) The European Commission
cordially invites artists, scientists and technicians, teams,
collectives and firms to take part in this year’s STARTS Prize
competition. Entries are now being accepted. STARTS honors
projects that demonstrate the successful interplay of science,
technology and art, and that have the potential to contribute to
economic and social innovation. The two prizewinners each
receive €20,000 and will be prominently featured at the Ars
Electronica Festival in Linz, the BOZAR Electronic Arts Festival
in Brussels and at the Waag Society in Amsterdam. An
international jury convenes on April 10th to choose the winning
projects, which will be presented at a press conference in early
May. The official awards ceremony is set for September 8th in
conjunction with the Prix Ars Electronica Gala in Linz. Entries
for 2017 STARTS Prize consideration may be submitted online
beginning today, January 11th; the deadline is March 3th. There
is no entry fee.</font></div>
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<font style="font-size:12px" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica"
color="#484848" size="2">the <strong>full press relase</strong> and <strong>images</strong>
can be found <a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8znj">here</a>.<br>
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<strong>Entries</strong> for the STARTS Prize can be submitted at <a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8yWd">https</a><a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8yWd">://starts-prize</a><a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8yWd">.aec</a><a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8yWd">.at/en/</a>.<br>
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An <strong>interview</strong> on the STARTS Prize with Gerfried
Stocker and Veronika Liebl (both Ars Electronica) can be found on
the <a
href="http://cdn.mlwrx.com/sys/r.aspx?sub=sadxV_2fJ1m8&link=8zqW">Ars
Electronica Blog</a>.</font><br>
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