In 1998, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Empreintes” by Joshua Fineberg (Digital Musics & Sound Art) with a Honorary Mention.
Empreintes seeks to steal bits and pieces of movement and color from a musical evolution, using them to create something new: a sort of halo spiralling around a musical process. At times it may seem simply an imprint of surroundings, enriching without truly altering its context; however, at other moments, it may…
About Joshua Fineberg
Joshua Fineberg (USA) has won various prizes, fellowships and scholarships including: ASCAP Foundation Grants to Young Composers Competition; Arnold Salop Composition Competition; the Palache Scholarship, a scholarship to study at the American Conservartory…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.