Ars Electronica Festival · 1996
Salt Train
by Matt Heckert
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1996
Matt Heckert's “Salt Train” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1996, category Digital Musics & Sound Art. Explore 1 other work by Matt Heckert below.
I design and build machines that produce sound. They are often installed for sound performance in former machine locations (old factories, power stations, etc.). A digital control system is set up, which allows me to run the machines or "instruments" from a computer interface.
About Matt Heckert
Matt Heckert (USA), BA of San Francisco Art Institute, 1980-1988 worked as director/artist with Survival Research Laboratories conceiving performance scenarios, designing and building robots, props, sets and generating entire performance soundtracks; since…
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