Cynetart 2012 Award :: November 15-21, 2012 :: Festspielhaus Hellerau, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 56, Dresden, Saxony 01109, Germany :: Call for Entries — Deadline: March 31.

Cynetart is an international festival for computer based art in Dresden. The 16th Edition of the festival will present an exhibition of the winning projects and selected competition entries, first-class performances and a programme with live sets of international electronic musicians and VJs at the Festspielhaus Hellerau and other selected spots in Dresden.

The competition is open to artists, designers and scientists who dedicate themselves in their artistic and reflective discussion in particular interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches. The international Cynetart competition accompanies the festival every two years. The competition offers some of Europe’s most prestigious prizes in the field of media art.

The following prizes will be awarded:

• Förderpreis der Kunstministerin des Freistaates Sachsen in the amount of 10,000 EUR, in 2013 realization of a project,
• Artist-in-Residence – Stipendium der Kunstministerin des Freistaates Sachsen 2013 (awarded in cooperation with the Office of Cultural and Historic Preservation, City of Dresden, 10.200 EUR)
• Cynetart Award, amounting to 5,000 EUR, donated by HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts Dresden
• The allocation of additional Cynetart prizes is intended.