TORSO #1

Peter Kutin (AT)

OÖ Kulturquartier
Warning: The stroboscope-like visual stimuli can cause physical discomfort (dizziness, nausea, etc.) or epileptic seizures in susceptible individuals.
Digital Musics & Sound Art

GOLDEN NICA

Installation

 

TORSO #1 is a sound sculpture that is visually reminiscent of a klopotec. This windmill-like wooden construction serves as a scarecrow in vineyards as it mechanically generates sounds and vibrations. Here, an electro-acoustic system of four 100 V loudspeakers rotates at different speeds, generating feedback patterns and modulating sound signals and the spatial sound itself. The targeted acceleration and deceleration of the rotating of the four-voice system serves as the central compositional means for the 35-minute piece – the sculpture becomes an abstract, audiovisual instrument.

Warning: The stroboscope-like visual stimuli can cause physical discomfort (dizziness, nausea, etc.) or epileptic seizures in susceptible individuals.

TORSO #1/Peter Kutin (AT), Credit: Peter Kutin

The apt noise for our disturbed existence

The Prix Ars Electronica 2019 Golden Nica in the category “Digital Musics & Sound Art” is staying in the country: for the first time, an Austrian has won the prize as a solo entrant. The Austrian composer and producer Peter Kutin studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, and has written and developed music for film, theater, performance, contemporary dance, and radio.

 

Project Credits:

  • Technical support and realization: Mathias Lenz
  • Soprano singer: Johanna Sophia Baader
  • Further technical support: Oskar Kutin, Johannes Fritzer, Gratis Kaiserin 
  • Supported by SKE Fonds and BKA

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