Ars Electronica Festival · 2012
What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2012
Bjørn Erik Haugen's “What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2012, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
_What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe. (Jacques Lacan)_ This project is a transcription for mechanical piano of a lecture by the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. The audience's response in the lecture is played by a guitar amplifier.
About Bjørn Erik Haugen
Bjørn Erik Haugen (NO), MA from the National Academy in Oslo 2007. He works mainly with compositions, sound- and videoinstallation. He works from a conceptual platform where the idea to the work comes before the material, media or way of expression.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.