Tom Verbruggen's “Crackle-canvas #1” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2012, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
A crackle canvas is a painting that produces sound. It contains a circuit board, speaker, knobs, switches, wood and canvas. Each canvas makes sounds by itself but can be connected via cables (patched) with other crackle-canvasses. This way the paintings start to react on each other.
About Tom Verbruggen
Tom Verbruggen (NL) studied fine arts at the St. Joost Art Academy in Breda (NL). During this study he became increasingly interested in sound, finally resulting in his _toktek_ performance.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.