OSMIUM: An electro-mechanical live performance ritual

Osmium's “OSMIUM: An electro-mechanical live performance ritual” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2025, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.

OSMIUM is an audacious performance project that fuses electroacoustic experimentation with raw physicality, forging a visceral dialogue between human performers and machine-driven sonic landscapes.

About Osmium

OSMIUM (INT) is a groundbreaking collaboration between Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (IS), vocalist Rully Shabara (ID) of Senyawa , musician James Ginzburg (USA) of emptyset , and Grammy-winning producer Sam Slater (UK).

Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.

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