In 1990, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Compassion Rules” by Joseph Nechvatal (Computer Graphics) with a Honorary Mention.
Creators must place themselves above the level of the mechanical through the integration of art and technics—resist the quantifying of life in the interests of power, prestige and profit, resist the fashion of idealizing mechanical forces.
About Joseph Nechvatal
Joseph Nechvatal was born in Chicago in 1951. In 1974 he received his B.F.A. at the Southern Illinois University. Until 1978 he attended the Cornell and the Columbia University.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.