SONUS - v2
Minette (2008), 00:05:16Denise Ritter http://www.gegenort.com
Nationality:
Residence: Germany
Biography: 2008 Artist in Residence Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, Germany 2007 Art Prize Regionalverband Saarbrücken 2007 - 2008 Pupil of masterclass Prof. Christina Kubisch 2003 - 2007 Studies of audio-visual art under Prof. Christina Kubisch and Media Art under Prof. Tamás Waliczky at the Academy for Fine Arts and Design Saar, Saarbrücken, Germany Diploma 1990 – 1998 Studies of Geography at the University Saarbrücken, Germany Diploma Since 2003 Site specific sound installations Since 1996 Electroacoustic Compositions out of noises from coal and steel industries aka Schachtanlage Gegenort
Program Notes: Minette is the name of the region in the southwest of Luxembourg where iron and steel industry but also iron ore mining were the main industries until the seventies. Minette is also the name of the typical iron ore in this region.
The composition is made out of the recordings an old iron ore miner gave me last year. The recordings were made by him in the seventies down under the earth in an iron ore mine.
Studio of Composition:
Hardware Used: MacBookPro
Software Used: Audacity and Logic
Performer(s):
Appeared In:
CEC: Sonus
CEC: JTTP 2009
©:
GEMA
