Category: Arts

The Digital Media Center for the Arts at Yale is proud to be a participant in the 2008 Yale IDEA awards. The DMCA prize will be awarded to an IDEA contest entrant in the category of digital art.  

The DMCA prize is dedicated to the memory of Dan Abrams, who died tragically on November 3rd, 2008. Dan was involved in many creative activities, from his first discipline of computer science, through digital video and computer graphics to computer-mediated artwork of many forms.  As a student computing assistant at the DMCA he assisted and instructed innumerable students in the use of new technology.  

The Contest Challenge:

Submitted artwork may be any medium in which digital processes or concepts are integral to the creation of the work.  Work in digital mediums must be submitted through the IDEA website.  Work existing in other mediums may be submitted to the DMCA, 149 York street, room 106, by the contest deadline. Submitted works can be picked up from the DMCA after February 19th.  Questions regarding submissions may be directed to ken.lovell@yale.edu.

Judging:

Consideration will be given to the following criteria:

• innovative use of digital tools,
• the degree to which the work addresses contemporary digital issues,
• professionalism of execution,
• complexity/level of digital technology addressed, and  
• the aesthetic merits of the work.

Prize:

The selected winner will receive an LCD ultra-portable projector.