In 2025, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “ARIA 夢姬” by Yu Shien Yang and Jin Keon (Computer Animation) with a Honorary Mention.
ARIA 夢姬 is a CGI animated short film that explores the entangled futures of gender, technology, and memory through the figure of a female AI agent named ARIA. Set in the fictional smart city Dream Harbor in the year 2050, the film imagines an East Asian metropolis where nostalgic urban aesthetics coexist with a…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.