Reinhold Grether's “Toywar” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2000, category Net Based Art.
The Toywar Platform as a Monument to World Culture With Toywar, net art has attained the power of global agency, and net culture has passed a decisive test of endurance. For this reason, the Prix Ars Electronica award anonymously honors everyone who took part in any way in the etoy campaign.
About Reinhold Grether
TOYWAR is one of the first successful interactive entertainment movements which generated massive impact on the real world. TOYWAR is an example of how digital art can turn aggression and greed into worldwide fun and cultural profit for hundreds of users.
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