Ars Electronica Festival · 1996
Music for Mechanical Metal
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1996
Gordon Monahan's “Music for Mechanical Metal” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 1996, category Digital Musics & Sound Art. Gordon Monahan has 1 more work in this atlas.
All sounds are produced acoustically (without loudspeakers), but are controlled by computer. The sounds are created by mounting variable speed (24 V DC) motors onto steel sheets of various sizes; the motors have off-centre weights attached to the shafts so that when the motors turn, a physical modulation is…
About Gordon Monahan
Gordon Monahan (CDN), born 1956, Kingston, Ontario. Gordon Monahan's works for piano, loudspeakers, video, and kinetic sculpture span various genres from avant-garde concert music to multi-media installation and sound art.
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