“Unsound Objects” by Jonty Harrison received an Award of Distinction in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1997. Explore 2 other works by Jonty Harrison below.
One of the main criteria in Pierre Schaeffer´s definition of the "sound objects" was that, through the process of "reduced listening", one should hear sound material purely as sound, divorced from any associations with its physical origins in other words, what is significant about a recorded violin sound (for…
About Jonty Harrison
Jonty Harrison (GB), born 1952, studied at the University o f York (DPhii in Composition) and worked at the National Theatre and City University. In 1980 he joined the Music Department of The University of Birmingham, where he is now Senior Lecturer, as well…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.