Ambrose Field's “Pyrotechnic!” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1997, category Digital Musics & Sound Art. Ambrose Field has 2 more works in this atlas.
Imagine a crowd at a fireworks display. As the sky lights up, they gasp and groan with satisfaction. At first, the electroacous-tic transformations appear to be concerned with manipulating the acoustic impacts caused by the exploding fireworks.
About Ambrose Field
Ambrose Field's compositional output includes electroacoustic music for tape, music education works and community music projects. In 1993 he was funded by the British Academy to embark on a PhD in electroacoustic composition with Denis Smalley at City…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.