Ars Electronica Festival · 2012
Benoît and the Mandelbrots
by Patrick Borgeat, Juan A. Romero, Matthias Schneiderbanger, Benoît, the Mandelbrots, Holger Ballweg
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2012
In 2012, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Benoît and the Mandelbrots” by Patrick Borgeat, Juan A. Romero, Matthias Schneiderbanger, Benoît and 2 others (Digital Musics & Sound Art) with a Honorary Mention.
Benoît and the Mandelbrots see the laptop as their main instrument; they are mainly dedicated to live coding, the process of writing software in real time. They use the programming language itself as an at first sight non-intuitive but simultaneously expressive interface between man and machine in order to improvise…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.