My life

2006

Stereo audio

Length 7:06


Work composed with sounds of cars that narrate in a non-linear way a trip, which ends in an accident. Aural reflection about the dependence on cars in countries like Mexico.

Award of distinction, Prix Ars Electronica 2007, Digital Music category.

Category Early pieces
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‘Mi vida’ is the vivid antithesis to Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’, depicting a car journey which ends in disaster in non-linear narrative form, commencing with the turn of ignition key, followed immediately by the sound of a calamitous smash, then exploring all points in between. It’s as much Martínez’s editing skills as the concept that make the piece.

The Wire Magazine, September 2008