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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Donnie Darko
Florian Schmitt,
Alexandra Jugovic,
Hi-Res!
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Film has long held a magic for audiences around the globe, capturing our imaginations in a way that few types of media can hope to replicate. Extending this magnetism to the web is something that many people have tried, with varying degrees of success. The website for "Donnie Darko" is a supreme example of engaging audiences across multiple media where the online component actually enhances the viewers experience of the original element.
The site was created for the Film "Donnie Darko" by first-time director Richard Kelly. The film plays over a 28 day period in a tangent (parallel universe) between 2 October and 30 October 1988.
The site was designed to mirror this time and was launched in numerous phases from early October. The final phase was launched on 26 October 2001, which was the release date of the film in the US.
The site does not give away anything about the film directly, but actually adds to the film, as the site portrays what happened in the primary universe, the world we all witnessed between 2/10/1988 and 30/10/1988 and afterwards. It follows the life of characters in the film and thereby adds to the story, rather than taking away or spoiling it (apart from one point - but we warn people before).
The site branches out into various other sites which all give you bits of information and passwords which you need to be able to access the various levels in the site.
Links: http://www.donniedarko.com
The site was created for the Film "Donnie Darko" by first-time director Richard Kelly. The film plays over a 28 day period in a tangent (parallel universe) between 2 October and 30 October 1988.
The site was designed to mirror this time and was launched in numerous phases from early October. The final phase was launched on 26 October 2001, which was the release date of the film in the US.
The site does not give away anything about the film directly, but actually adds to the film, as the site portrays what happened in the primary universe, the world we all witnessed between 2/10/1988 and 30/10/1988 and afterwards. It follows the life of characters in the film and thereby adds to the story, rather than taking away or spoiling it (apart from one point - but we warn people before).
The site branches out into various other sites which all give you bits of information and passwords which you need to be able to access the various levels in the site.
Links: http://www.donniedarko.com
Hi-Res! is a highly awarded digital media company based in London founded in 1999 by Florian Schmitt and Alexandra Jugovic, who are both partners and creative directors of the company. Both Schmitt and Jugovic studied art at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach (D) and worked for numerous clients in the entertainment industry through various companies before setting up Hi-Res! They initially gained widespread recognition for their experimental site *soulbath.com* and the associated exhibition of art-banners entitled *clickhere!*.