Ars Electronica Festival · 2006
8∞
by Katharina Klement, Josef Novotny, Nikolaus Gansterer
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2006
Katharina Klement, Josef Novotny and Nikolaus Gansterer's “8∞” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2006, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
The piano, an analogue musical instrument, with its 88 keys or tones—88 discrete digital steps— forms the framework for joint performances. The instrument is acoustically and optically measured, recorded and deconstructed: the strings of the piano are all stimulated in a variety of ways, recorded, digitally stored and…
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