Ars Electronica Festival · 1997

The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory

by Annie Gosfield

🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 1997

In 1997, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory” by Annie Gosfield (Digital Musics & Sound Art) with a Honorary Mention.

"The Manufacture of Tangled Ivory" is a work that explores the history of altered piano: from early prepared piano sounds, through the techniques of musique concrete, to state-of-the-art computer manipulation.

— Prix Ars Electronica Archive

About Annie Gosfield

Annie Gosfield (USA) is a composer and performer currently based in New York City Much of her work incorporates composing and improvising with detuned, prepared, and electronically altered piano sounds.

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