*I was a member of the Ars Electronica jury in Linz this year (because I am gray and dignified), and it was indeed an interesting experience.
*Me and my fellow conspicuously-international jury members wrote what we thought was a crackerjack official "jury statement" for our "Digital Communities" award category. However, you can't read it yet. We'll have to wait, like everybody else, until the winners are announced. That'll will happen when Ars Electronica is darn good and ready.
http://www.aec.at/aeblog/en/2013/04/22/prix-jury-wochenende-in-linz/
"Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has been one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in the world of media art. The process of deciding which works are singled out for recognition is quite elaborate. After all, there are thousands of submissions to evaluate in order to finally arrive at the most excellent and most interesting ones. Needless to say, these deliberations are not carried out by one individual. There are many people involved—beginning with Ars Electronica staffers who perform preliminary assessments to narrow down the field to a manageable number. This rather lengthy shortlist of promising candidates is then turned over to the Prix jurors...."
