Andres Bosshard honored in Denmark
Swiss sound artist Andres Bosshard has been awarded the Aarhus 2017 Prize, endowed with 30,000 Swiss francs. He won the award with "The Sonic Arc". The sound project will be presented in 2017, when the Danish city of Aarhus is the European Capital of Culture.
Andres Bosshard plans and creates the work with the inhabitants of Aarhus and the Midtjylland region. According to the jury, it is this citizen-oriented collaboration, for which Andres Bosshard's works are known, that was ultimately decisive for the choice.
"With the winning project 'The Sonic Arc', the European Capital of Culture Aarhus 2017 receives a unique and poetic work of art that involves and moves many people in a completely unique way," the jury stated in its statement. Bosshard prevailed against 31 competitors from all over the world.
Andres Bosshard was born in 1955 and lives and works in Zurich. He graduated as a painter, but began experimenting with music and theater at an early age. He developed circling sound objects, interactive computer music, programs and sound installations, such as the "Sound Tower" on Lake Biel at Expo.02
