I highly encourage anyone with interactive wearable work that either exhibits emerging behaviours, evolves over time, reacts with their environment and seems to have a life of their own, etc to apply.

I have not seen any wearables exhibited at VIDA and I think this is a great opportunity to introduce wearable technology as an emerging art form. PLUS you have a shot at winning some cash:

First prize: €18,000, Second prize: €14,000, Third prize: €8,000.

Details below:

VIDA 12.0 rewards works of art developed with artificial life technologies and related disciplines: robotics, artificial intelligence, etc. It is looking for works of art with emerging behaviours, which evolve over time, react with their environment and seem to have a life of their own. VIDA 12.0 is searching for projects that relate technology with biology and that research synthetic characteristics of modern life.

In previous editions, prizes have been awarded to artistic projects created with robots, avatars, recursive chaotic algorithms, knowbots, cellular automata, computer viruses, virtual ecologies that evolve with user interaction, interactive architectures, augmented reality pieces and works that explore the social aspects of A-life.

A total of €40,000 will be awarded to the three projects selected by the jury: First prize: €18,000, Second prize: €14,000, Third prize: €8,000. The winning pieces may be exhibited at Fundación Telefónica Virtual Gallery and in the exhibitions related to art and new technologies it organises or takes part in.

Works of art submitted must not be more than two years old. This enables the Competition to keep updated and aware of the last technological trends in the field of artificial life.

Entries must be submitted by 1st October 2009.

Apply here