Ars Electronica Festival · 2007
Marionette
by Roderik De Man, Jorge Isaac
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2007
Roderik De Man and Jorge Isaac's “Marionette” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2007, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
In Über das Marionetten Theater (“On the Puppet Theatre”, 1810) Heinrich von Kleist, through his protagonist Herr C., discourses on the infinite grace of inanimate objects. He says the marionette, unfettered by the need to touch the ground, is far more graceful than the human dancer.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.