Nicolás Varchausky's “La Biblioteca Ciega” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
In 1955 the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges was appointed Director of the National Library at a time when he was losing his sight completely. In his _Poem of the Gifts_, he reflects on the magnificent irony of simultaneously being given “the books and the night.” _La Biblioteca Ciega_ (the Blind Library) is a…
About Nicolás Varchausky
Nicolás Varchausky (AR), born 1973, is a composer, performer and researcher. His work explores the relations between sound, space, memory and spoken word within technological environments.
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