Ars Electronica Festival · 2001
Potential Difference
by Ted Apel
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2001
Ted Apel's “Potential Difference” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2001, category Digital Musics & Sound Art.
Piezoelectricity was discovered at the same time that Thomas Edison made his major breakthrough in his work on the incandescent light bulb. The present installation consists of several incandescent light bulbs and corresponding piezoelectric “sound bulbs”.
About Ted Apel
Ted Apel (US) is a sound artist whose sculptures and installations focus on the audio transducing element as the source of visual and sonic material. His sound installations have been shown at The Audio Art Festival in Cracow, The Sound Symposium in St.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.