By tyler on Aug 6, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Public, Technology | 190 Comments
Call +4790369389 to have your voice blasted into the luscious lands of Norway through September 20th, 2008.
Telemegaphone Dale is a 23-foot-tall wind-powered loudspeaker sculpture that picks up incoming calls and projects them into the nearby surroundings. This Telemegaphone, created by the Swedish designers at Unsworn Industries, is located on a mountain overlooking the village [...]
By tyler on Aug 3, 2008 in Art, Metal | 0 Comments
Mike Evans is an incredible sculptor in Santa Fe and this is one of his more abstract works. It is made of stainless steel tubing which, if purchased today, would cost $1500-$2000 instead of the $150 Mike spent ten years ago.
By tyler on Jul 28, 2008 in Art, Bands/Musicians, Nature, Traditional, Wood, Woodwind Instruments | 1 Comment
From Wouter Baeck, an amazing musician, sculptor, painter, and musical instrument creator.
“An ancient instrument came to live. Based on a thin long straight bamboo reed tied up with a thread on a small bamboo mouth piece. Protected by a gourd. Double pipe made out of bamboo or elder wood, and always with [...]
By tyler on Jul 27, 2008 in Art, Experimental, H2O Instruments, Inventions, Machines/Robots | 0 Comments
These ingenious illustrations are from the book De Naturae Simia written by the very controversial physicist, astrologer, philosopher, and mystic Robert Fludd (1574-1637) who was first to discuss the concept of blood circulation. Maybe this is why so many of his instruments seem to involve hydraulics.
By tyler on Jul 24, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Experimental, Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Nature, Technology | 0 Comments
An electronic cephalopod instrument. What more could you ask for!?
“The Octopulse shows that noise is music. With this cuddly ‘alien bagpipe’ you can control analogue sound synthesis through unconventional means. The ‘tonetacles’ of the Octopulse react to movement and light, transferring movements into information for an analogue synthesizer to convert into cacophonous noises.”
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By tyler on Jul 24, 2008 in Art, Experimental, Homemade/DIY, Nature, Percussion Instruments, Wood, Woodwind Instruments | 0 Comments
Check out this spectacular dual-chamber flute made by Avi:
This flute, handmade from Chinese yellow bamboo, is based on traditional Native American style flutes but with an upwards pointing resonating chamber extension. This flute has two blow holes, five finger holes, two sound chambers, and two birds. This flute’s voice is paralyzing to say [...]