“Gently Penetrating” by Hildegard Westerkamp received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 1998.
The vendors' voices in Gently Penetrating - Beneath the Sounding Surfaces of Another Place were recorded in specific areas of New Delhi during my first visit in 1992: in the residential area of Januk Puri, at the early morning produce market in Tilak Nagar, at the market near the Jama Masjid, and at the market stalls…
About Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp (CDN) was born in Osnabrück, Germany in 1946, emigrated to Canada in 1968. After completing her music studies in the early seventies, her ears were drawn to the acoustic environment as another cultural context or place for intense…
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.