By tyler on Aug 6, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Inventions, Metal, Nature, Noisemakers, Public, Technology | 190 Comments
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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 Jul 2, 2008 in Art, Electronic/Digital, Inventions, Motion Detection, Public, Technology | 0 Comments
Light harps are interactive art installations that use laser beams to detect motion which, in turn, play corresponding musical tones. Jen Lewin, who created the instrument below, has been building light harps for the past 12 years. Her work has varied from indoor musical laser sculptures to on-stage performance pieces and outdoor installations.
This [...]
By tyler on May 14, 2008 in Electronic/Digital, Experimental, H2O Instruments, Homemade/DIY, Inventions, Listening, Nature, Public, Recordings | 0 Comments
Alex Metcalf’s “Tree Listening Installation“:
Taken directly from Alex’s website:
As you approach the installation you will see 9 sets of headphones suspended from the branches of a very large and impressive Sessile Oak tree, and a beautiful Chestnut Leaved Oak. From these headphones the public is given the opportunity to listen to the sound of the [...]
By tyler on May 12, 2008 in Contemporary, Electronic/Digital, Nature, Noisemakers, Percussion Instruments, Performances, Public, Vegetable Instruments | 1 Comment
Incredibly innovative with their sound and style, the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra plays nothing but vegetables and kitchen tools. Consisting of eleven musicians, one cook, and one sound engineer, the orchestra incorporates a spectrum musical styles including contemporary music, free jazz, noise, dub, experimental electronic, and house beets. Some of their instruments include onion [...]
By tyler on May 2, 2008 in Art, H2O Instruments, Metal, Public | 2 Comments
They are best described as self-cleaning, musical, water-fountain keyboards. Hydraulophones are very similar to woodwinds, but hydraulophones run on incompressible fluid (usually water) rather than compressible fluid (air). Hydraulophones are sometimes called ‘woodwater’ instruments. Hydrolophones have the characteristic of polyphonic embouchure, meaning that the player can dynamically “sculpt” each note by obstructing [...]