The artist's “Aaron Swartz” was honoured with one of the Special Prizes at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013, category Digital Communities.
Digital communities exist through the selfless efforts of many activists in the field, among whom we wish to mention Aaron Swartz. Aaron Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was a US-born computer programmer, writer and activist involved in countless Internet projects such as the development of Creative…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.