Alba Triana
Alba Triana awarded with Prix Ars Electrónica 2023
The artist Alba Triana received the Prix Ars Electronica 2023 - Award of Disctinction in the category of Digital Music and Sound Art.
Alba Triana’s award-winning work, Harmonic Motion, is a musical composition and immersive installation that delves into the dynamic network of waves and resonances that link all matter and energy, permeating all aspects of existence, including the sounds we hear and the music we create.
With 3,176 projects submitted this year from 98 countries, the Prix Ars Electronica awards the world’s most important prizes in the field of electronic arts. Harmonic Motion will be presented during the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz (Austria), September 6-10, 2023.
At the center of a room, a cymbal—the musical instrument—vibrates. A system that utilizes acoustic energy and lasers activates the cymbal, making its intrinsic vibrations audible and visible. Thus, the instrument sounds, and its visual vibrations float around it. These ethereal “materials” are used to create an abstract narrative that unfolds in space and time. As the piece evolves, the cymbal and its surrounding space undergo different levels of activation, which audiences experience as variations in the complexity of both the audible and visible waves. Harmonic Motion explores the vibrational essence of the natural world and how this vitality of everything shapes who we are and all we manifest.
