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The Prix Ars Electronica Archive is a collection enabling search and viewing of all the submissions since 1987. The award-winning projects are documented with catalogue texts and audio-visual media. All other submissions can be searched by title/artist and displayed with year, category in list form. Please cite the credits (artwork name, artist and photographer) and only use the materials if your article is related to Ars Electronica.
Southgate
David Chesworth
'Southgate' was composed to celebrate a, city. The work describes Melbourne, Australia, which was settled on the banks of the Yarra River close to the sea some 150 years ago. The work was performed over a huge sound system along both banks of the Yarra River in November 1992.
The idea behind the piece was to create a textural collage using relevant 'real world' sounds. While the piece is designed to work on a, musical level for any listener, many of the sounds heard in this piece also have special significance for the inhabitants of Melbourne; such as the sounds of our trams, church bells etc. 'Southgate' was realized using an Emax sampler and a computer program called 'Sound Globs' by Russ Kozerski. All sounds used in this piece were sampled and modified using the sampler.
The piece was recorded in sections onto a multitrack tape recorder and then mixed down to stereo.
The idea behind the piece was to create a textural collage using relevant 'real world' sounds. While the piece is designed to work on a, musical level for any listener, many of the sounds heard in this piece also have special significance for the inhabitants of Melbourne; such as the sounds of our trams, church bells etc. 'Southgate' was realized using an Emax sampler and a computer program called 'Sound Globs' by Russ Kozerski. All sounds used in this piece were sampled and modified using the sampler.
The piece was recorded in sections onto a multitrack tape recorder and then mixed down to stereo.
David Chesworth (AUS), horn 1958, is currently working on an opera, composes soundscapes for zoos and aquariums all over the world as well as for Biosphere in Arizona. Participation in festivals in Australia and Europe (Paris, Munich, Linz); collaboration with choreographers. Numerous operas, operettas and large-scale open air concerts.