Hildegard Westerkamp

Hildegard Westerkamp appears in this atlas of light and media art. Their 1 recorded work in 1998 was presented at Ars Electronica Festival. Honours include Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1998 for “Gently Penetrating”.

Biography

Hildegard Westerkamp (CDN) was born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1946, emigrated to Canada in 1968. After completing her music studies in the early seventies, her ears were drawn to the acoustic environment as another cultural context or place for intense…