“Sator Rotas” by Marcus Schmickler received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2000.
Sator Rotas evolves like an organic process, like cell division. Small motifs consisting of sinus waves split up into smaller and smaller parts. A field is thus built up of extremely compact sounds, of noises—until maximum compactness is reached.Yet something else is repeatedly added: there is static.
About Marcus Schmickler
Marcus Schmickler (D), born 1968, graduated from secondary school in 1988 in Cologne. Studied from 1993-1999 at the Music College, Cologne, with Prof. H. U. Humpert (electronic composition) and with Prof. J. Fritsch (composition).
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.