“Das Plastische Licht” by Friedrich Förster received a Honorary Mention in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1994.
The core of the project 'Das plastische Licht' ('The plastic light') is an educational model on the neuron level: the tracing and consolidation of neural connections through an activity-dependent associative synapsic mechanism.
About Friedrich Förster
Friedrich Förster (D), horn 1952, studied natural sciences, graduated as a neurobiologist in 1980. Worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen from 1985 to 1989.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.