Michel Redolfi's “Songes Drolatiques” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1996, category Digital Musics & Sound Art. Michel Redolfi has 2 more works in this atlas.
Long attributed to Rabelais, the 80 etchings of Rabelais "Songes Drolatiques" appeared in the first posthumous reedition of Pantagruel in 1565. Surrealism and symbolism underlie the eclosion of a whimsical nation of impossible, quaint-bodied creatures.
About Michel Redolfi
Michel Redolfi (F), born 1951 in Marseille. He is the Director of the Centre International de Recherche Musicale [CIRM] in Nice since 1986, co-founder of the Groupe de Musique Expérimentale de Marseille [GMEM] in 1968, continues to explore situations in which…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.