Ars Electronica Festival · 2010
Heart Chamber Orchestra
by Peter Votova, TERMiNALBEACH, Erich Berger
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2010
Peter Votova, TERMiNALBEACH and Erich Berger's “Heart Chamber Orchestra” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2010, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
The “Heart Chamber Orchestra”—HCO—is an audiovisual performance. The orchestra consists of 12 classical musicians and the artist duo TERMiNALBEACH. Each musician is equipped with a heartbeat sensor. The heartbeats of the musicians control a computer composition and visualization environment.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.