“Years” by Bartholomäus Traubeck received a Honorary Mention in the Digital Musics & Sound Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2012.
*Years* is a modified record player that reads a tree's year rings and outputs piano music. The tree's year rings are analyzed by a camera for their strength, thickness and rate of growth. This data serves as basis for a generative process that outputs piano music.
About Bartholomäus Traubeck
**Bartholomäus Traubeck** (DE), born 1987, is a media artist. He lives and works in Linz (AT) and in Rotterdam (NL). He has a BA in multi-media art (FH Salzburg) and a Master in Visual Communications, University of Arts Linz.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.