Fwd:_Press_Release:_Ten_mediaprojects_selected_fo r_the_final_of_Prix_Mobius_Nordica

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> From: [email protected]
> Date: January 12, 2005 7:08:37 AM EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Press Release: Ten mediaprojects selected for the final of
> Prix Mobius Nordica
>
> PRIX MOBIUS NORDICA 2005
> Interactive Media Culture Competition
>
>
> Press Release January 12th 2005
>
>
> FINALISTS OF PRIX MOBIUS NORDICA HAVE BEEN SELECTED
>
> This year, the Prix Mobius Nordica received 55 entries, out of which
> 27 are
> from Finland, 15 from Iceland, 6 from Sweden, 5 from Denmark, and 2
> from
> Norway.
>
> The entries include on-line games, DVDs, mobile/on-line installations,
> and
> interactive films, and offer a current overview of nordic productions.
> Ten
> projects have been selected for the final.
>
> The finalists will present their works at a fast paced pitching event
> on
> Saturday, January 29th, 2005 (12am) at Media Centre Lume of the
> University
> of Art and Design, Helsinki. The Nordic Jury will pronounce the
> winners of
> the Prizes the same evening. The event is free, and open to the public.
> Prix Mobius Nordica is part of the Anniversary Week of Media Centre
> Lume.
>
> The Prix Mobius finalist selection 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.
>
>
> Special guest presenter 2005: Jean-Jacques Birge, France
>
> Prix Mobius Nordica has invited the French multimedia artist and
> composer
> Jean-Jacques Birge to present his recent awarded work during the jury=