Festival
Giga-Hertz Award 2016
Thu, November 24 – Sun, November 27, 2016
Media Theater
Foyer
Cube
Award
Request for Submission Giga-Hertz Award 2016
Presentation in November 2015 as part of the IMATRONIC Festival
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Description
ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics has presented the Giga-Hertz Award for Electronic and Acousmatic Music together with the SWR EXPERIMENTAL STUDIO Freiburg since 2007. The Giga-Hertz Award for 2016 is endowed with a total of € 20,000. The three internationally oriented Giga-Hertz Awards for Production, each endowed with € 5,000 serve the initiation and production of new projects, and are directed at composers of electronic and acousmatic music. Fascinating projects in the field of electronic and acousmatic music will likewise be presented with awards.
In this year, the notion of exo-evolution – a central topic of the new art format GLOBALE – will be of particular importance for the Giga-Hertz Award. Artists are asked to apply with musical works that are realized with special interfaces, tools and instruments. The selection for working scholarships will be made with special regard to these aspects. Works that have been realized using digital or electronic technology, however, can still be submitted.
Special attention shall be paid to the group of themes regarding sensor technology in the selection for working scholarships this year. Against this background, artists shall be especially motivated to apply with musical works which have been realised with this interactive technology. But at the same time works which have been realised with digital or electronic technology can also be submitted.
The Giga-Hertz Main Award to the sum of € 10,000 honours the artistic work of renowned composers for their lifetime achievement. It will not be publically announced, but proposed by members of the jury.
The Giga-Hertz Award is dedicated to the world-famous physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), who discovered the electromagnetic waves at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of its musical orientation and generous prize money, the award for electronic and acousmatic composition is unique in Germany. The award is borne by the most important German studios for electronic music: the SWR EXPERIMEN- TALSTUDIO in Freiburg and the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics in Karlsruhe. work of renowned composers for their lifetime achievement. It will not be publically announced, but proposed by members of the jury.
Animation: Christina Zartmann
In this year, the notion of exo-evolution – a central topic of the new art format GLOBALE – will be of particular importance for the Giga-Hertz Award. Artists are asked to apply with musical works that are realized with special interfaces, tools and instruments. The selection for working scholarships will be made with special regard to these aspects. Works that have been realized using digital or electronic technology, however, can still be submitted.
Special attention shall be paid to the group of themes regarding sensor technology in the selection for working scholarships this year. Against this background, artists shall be especially motivated to apply with musical works which have been realised with this interactive technology. But at the same time works which have been realised with digital or electronic technology can also be submitted.
The Giga-Hertz Main Award to the sum of € 10,000 honours the artistic work of renowned composers for their lifetime achievement. It will not be publically announced, but proposed by members of the jury.
The Giga-Hertz Award is dedicated to the world-famous physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894), who discovered the electromagnetic waves at the end of the nineteenth century. In terms of its musical orientation and generous prize money, the award for electronic and acousmatic composition is unique in Germany. The award is borne by the most important German studios for electronic music: the SWR EXPERIMEN- TALSTUDIO in Freiburg and the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics in Karlsruhe. work of renowned composers for their lifetime achievement. It will not be publically announced, but proposed by members of the jury.
Video Credits:
Music by: Alexander Schubert, Vinyl-Terror & -HorrorAnimation: Christina Zartmann
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