“Figuras Flamencas” by Mario Verandi received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1997.
In this piece the source materials are from sampled flamenco musical extracts and some texts taken from the theatre play "Bodas de Sangre" ("Blood Wedding") by the Spanish writer F. G Lorca. By means of computer processing I have tried to create a surreal parallel sound world out of the recognizable flamenco sound…
About Mario Verandi
Mario Verandi (RA), born 1960, studied Music and Computing at the University in Argentina. He continued his studies at the Phonos Electroacoustic Music Laboratory in Barcelona and later at Birmingham University in England.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.