Immersive Exhibition life and work of Frida Kahlo wins the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Award for best Original Soundtrack
It began its world tour in 2022 in Coventry (UK) and will be on show from January 2023 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Immersive exhibition Life and Work of Frida Kahlo has been honoured at the Hollywood Music in Media Awardswith an award for Best Original Soundtrack, within the Best Musical Exhibition category.
The original soundtrack, commissioned by ACCIONA Cultura for the exhibition, is the work of composer Arturo Cardelús, a Goya Award nominee (Spain’s annual film awards organised by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and was recorded with Budapest Art Orchestra under the baton of conductor Peter Pejtsik.
The Original Soundtrack is on Spotify here: Life and Work of Frida Kahlo- Immersive Exhibition.
IMMERSIVE SOUND ART
Conceived, designed and produced by ACCIONA Cultura, Life and Work of Frida Kahlo invites visitors to discover the life and work of acclaimed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo through an innovative immersive art experience with 360° video mapping projections.
The creative, pictorial and biographical universe of Frida Kahlo comes to life through a hundred visual, literary and photographic works that stretch through the space — on the walls and across the floor — and envelop viewers by harnessing technology, an award-winning original soundtrack and a poetic first-person narration.
To create and compose the original soundtrack, commissioned by ACCIONA Cultura, Arturo Cardelús worked on the music of each scene in parallel to the development of the audiovisual piece, using cinematographic techniques to score emotional rhythms and enhance the visual narrative. The composer used a wide range of instruments and sound effects to create the track, combining them with traditional European and Mexican music in a clear reference to the artist’s roots.
HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards™ (HMMA) are the most prestigious awards honouring the best original music (song and score) in all visual media, including film, television, video games, trailers, adverts, documentaries and special programmes.
HMMA nominations have historically been representative of the nominees of major awards shows that are announced months later. The HMMA main event features live music performances, tributes to music industry icons and awards for composers, songwriters and artists. The HMMA also celebrates emerging, independent artists and music influencers from around the world for creative industry contributions.
The HMMA awards ceremony, which celebrated its thirteenth edition this year, took place on 16 November in Hollywood. The winners included scores for films and TV series such as Elvis, Avatar: The Way of Water, Pinocchio and Stranger Things, as well as filmmakers, composers and musicians such as Guillermo del Toro, Alexandre Desplat, Terence Blanchard, Billy Eichner, Rihanna, Sofia Carson and Camila Cabello.
Full list of winners: https://www.hmmawards.com/hmma-winners/
10 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Life and Work of Frida Kahlo has received 10 international awards to date: the Innovation by Design Award (Fast Company) for ‘Best Experience Design’; the Red Dot Design Award for ‘Best Brands & Communication Design 2022’; the Premio Eventoplus for ‘Best Technical Editing’ (Silver); 6 FIP Festival awards (International Marketing, Communication Techniques and Innovation Festival) for ‘Best Idea Developed in the Themes of Culture, Leisure and Recreation’ (Gold), ‘Best Virtual Event’ (Gold), ‘Best Cultural Event’ (Silver), ‘New Technologies Applied to Event Visual and Scenic Communication’ (Silver), ‘Best Positive Environmental Impact’ (Silver) and ‘Environmental Well-being and Impact’ (Special Category of the Crystal Grand Prix); and the recent Hollywood Music in Media Award for ‘Best Original Soundtrack’.
WORLD TOUR
Life and Work of Frida Kahlo opened at the end of 2021 in Madrid, Spain, to great critical and public acclaim. It began its world tour on 25 November, 2022 at The Reel Store in Coventry (United Kingdom), and will be on show from 20 January, 2023 in Buenos Aires at the CEC Convention Centre, one of the biggest exhibition and event venues in Latin America. The exhibition in Argentina is supported by Move Concerts and Ozono Producciones, two of the country’s main entertainment companies, which have partnered with ACCIONA Cultura to bring this exhibition to Argentina after its success in Spain. It is also sponsored by BBVA and Radio Mitre.