[aha] Prix Ars Electronica to Piratbyrån

[T_Bazz]

Great news per il Piratbyrån!
Tra l'altro l'intervento di Magnus all'hackmeeting e' stato molto 
interessante...!!!


Prix Ars Electronica to Piratbyrån

Inlagd: 2009-05-27 13:30

Today, the 2009 winners of Prix Ars Electronica was made public. In the 
"digital communities" category, an award of distinction goes to 
Piratbyrån. The award, including a prize money of 5000 euro, will be 
received in September at a ceremony within the Ars Electronica festival 
in Linz, Austria.

– First of all, we are extremely honoured to receive this recognition 
from an institution like Ars Electronica. They represent an intersection 
between art and technology which still seems somewhat odd in a Swedish 
context, but where we have been working since our start in 2003, says 
Rasmus Fleischer from Piratbyrån.

At the Venice Biennale, opening next week, Piratbyrån and The Pirate Bay 
will participate with the project Embassy of Piracy, which partly 
follows last sommer's contribution to the Manifesta Biennale, S23M, and 
last winter's theatricalization of the Pirate Bay Spectrial. 
Piratbyrån's projects are usually either zero-budget or financed by 
small donations and t-shirt sales.

– 5000 euro is a lot of money for Piratbyrån. It will be used to invest 
in server space for the future and for further greyzone interventions. 
Possibly also to renovate and re-paint our bus, Rasmus Fleischer says.

http://piratbyran.org/