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[Phonurgia Nova]

AWARD WINNERS PHONURGIA NOVA

The Phonurgia Nova competition is a land of acoustic discovery: an  
international event which rallies sound and radio artists from all  
over the world.  In 2008, 289 productions from 20 different countries  
were entered, and 36 of those were selected for an award. The jury  
was open, for the very first time, to the general public, and its  
president, producer Daniel Deshays, underlined that this competition  
became “a genuine sound art observatory and not a conservatory”.

An environment that left no room for those formulated recipes that  
categorize sounds, no prefabricated assessments, just attentive ears  
and thought provoking debates. As usual, many called but few chosen…

Andreas BICK (Germany), win the first radio and sound art prize with  
Fire Pattern - Frost Pattern. Produced by Deutschlandradio Kultur  
2007 (2 x 26 min.) (Endowment: 3 000 euros awarded by the SACD)

Andreas Bick’s work distinguishes itself by the remarkable sound  
recording quality. Coming within reach of the phenomenon’s he wants  
to evoke (sublimation of water, fire, frost, the crackling of ice),  
he derives from it a powerful acoustic substance. These two works  
place the listener in the position of a serene observer mesmerized by  
all these natural processes.

Bernadette JOHNSON (Switzerland), win the second radio and sound art  
prize with Summer Fragments (5 min.) (Endowment: 1 500 euros, awarded  
by the SACEM)

Bernadette Johnson has had multiple nominations at the Phonurgia Nova  
Competition but this is the first time she wins a prize. Her work is  
characterized by an exploration  -and a successful articulation- of  
interiority. The sophisticated and bold editing work, the choice of  
sounds and their treatment, enable the author to flesh out an echo- 
form, a magnificent metaphor of the memory, an instable assembly of  
recollections.

LISTENING TO THEM

The two winners have been invited by RADIO CAMPUS PARIS during 2  
nights of free broadcasting. You can discover their univers and  
listen to their playlist on the website of our partner

Bernadette JOHNSON

http://www.radiocampusparis.org/?p=6050

Andreas BICK

http://www.radiocampusparis.org/?p=6018


No prize awarded in the “New media/ interdisciplinary media”  
category, but the jury was unanimous in awarding 2 distinctions:


Christoph KORN and Lasse-Marc RIEK (Germany) for their album of  
chosen silences...

This small book is a conceptual proposal, pointing pages after pages,  
towards a location, an event, enabling the reader to reflect and  
imagine the sounds “that are taking place”. The silence as a void, as  
a manifestation, as a pointer to a disappearance, as an “apparition”.

Laura MALACART (UK/Italy), for her film, Voicings.

By asking English-speaking actors to read immigrants testimonies  
about their language learning process, Voicings manages to generate a  
whole array of interpretations in a very short time span and with  
very simple means. This illustration from which the scar (the limited  
command of the language) has been expunged is an invitation to  
tolerance and compassion.



3 residencies have been given to  Erick BULLOT, Allessandro BOSETTI  
and Nicole MARMET. The 3 authors have the opportunity to developp new  
sound projects in 2009 in our 3 studios partners INA-GRM (Paris),  
IMEB (Bourges) and GMVL (Lyon).



We warmely thank the 289 candidates for their attending !



More info : www.phonurgia.org
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