Digital Music with a History
The Prix Ars competition at Ars Electronica was create nearly 20 years ago in 1987. For artists, the computer became an important tool, and Prix Ars was born with the mission of showing all the computer art created at once. The first categories in the competition included computer animation, computer graphics, and computer music. The first winner of the computer music's Golden Nica will always be remembered as Peter Gabriel.
There are now seven categories in the Prix Ars competition, but digital music and computer animation are the ones with the longest history. Animation has created other awards around the world, such as Siggraph, Hiroshima and Annecy, that have exceeded Ars in prestige. Digital Music and Interactive Art are both, however, original and unique to Ars.
In 2005, there weren't any events related to Digital Music, but the live performance given by the winners at Brucknerhaus was definitely a must-see. 2004 saw Thomas Kenner and AGF give performances. With theater seating, listening to the noise created onstage is the best feeling in the world.
