Audible
Forces is a landscape of wind-driven sound installations. These intriguing
kinetic, sonic creations produce other-worldly sounds as nature’s unseen force
breathes life into them. #audibleforces
Phantom
Field by
Mark Anderson
Twenty one Wind Synthesisers form the installation “Phantom Field”, creating a swirling buffeting soundscape. The Wind Synthesisers use an Atari Punk Synthesiser (built and modified by Graham Calvert) and a modified computer fan to transform the slightest breath of wind into a soaring electronic choir controlled and conducted by the wind. During the day of each show the Wind Synthesisers will be adjusted and played by the artist to create swirling harmonics, and gale force sirens.
Phantom Field by Mark Anderson (picture credit: Kathy Hinde) |
Twenty one Wind Synthesisers form the installation “Phantom Field”, creating a swirling buffeting soundscape. The Wind Synthesisers use an Atari Punk Synthesiser (built and modified by Graham Calvert) and a modified computer fan to transform the slightest breath of wind into a soaring electronic choir controlled and conducted by the wind. During the day of each show the Wind Synthesisers will be adjusted and played by the artist to create swirling harmonics, and gale force sirens.
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Arpeggi by
Mike Blow
Argeggi by Mike Blow (picture credit Jony Easterby) |
The Arpeggi are wind-driven kinetic sculptures, each fitted
with three solar-powered sound oscillators. The form, based on the anemometers
commonly found in weather stations, catches wind from any direction and causes
the sculptures to revolve, creating shifting sound patterns as they spin at
different speeds. Walk between the Arpeggi for the best effect. evolutionaryart.co.uk
Birdhouse Flock by Jony Easterby
Birdhouse Flock by Jony Easterby (picture credit Jony Easterby) |
Each turn of the feather mechanism triggers a snap shot of an 8 second sound sample, a recording of two birdsongs in decline…A nightingale can deliver as many as 150 notes a second. In Kent, Medway council plan to build 5,000 houses on the UKs largest concentrations of Nightingales. Skylarks: 75% loss in 20 years. Nightingales: 91% loss in 40 years.
Stress and stone by Jony Easterby
Towering, delicate poles bent into arcs by hanging river stones create serene harmonics and percussive flickerings as the wind blows through “Stress and Stone”. Two ten meter high fibre glass poles are put under tension by long strings hanging from the tip of the poles with rounded river stones attached at the end. The pitch of the string varies with the weight of the stone. As the wind blows across the strings, harmonics are created and amplified.
www.jonyeasterby.co.uk
Aeolian Harp
and Aeolian Percussion by Max Eastley
Aeolian Percussion by Max Eastley (picture credit: Kathy Hinde) |
Aeolian Harp by Max Eastley (picture credit: Kathy Hinde) |
Max
Eastley’s towering structures are a variation on the classic Aeolian Harp,
which was an important influence on Romantic writers and connoisseurs. Max’s
Aeolian Harp takes the form of a set of bow shaped instruments and his Aeolian
Percussion uses stretched latex to form triangular instruments. Both reaching
high above the ground to transmit the wind from above our heads, they create a
haunting voice for the wind. Amplification
designed by Dave Hunt. The participation of Max Eastley in Audible Forces has
been supported by AHRC.
maxeastley.co.uk
maxeastley.co.uk
Dan Fox’s “Howling Wire” is a twelve metre high electro-acoustic wind harp. It is made from recycled military and orchestral hardware. Nylon strings are stretched from the top of a pneumatic mast to the timpani drums to create this giant harp. With weathervane whistlers and elemental sirens, the wind blows through the strings to create its howling sounds.
www.danfox.net
Sonic Reed
Beds
by Kathy Hinde
Kathy Hinde’s “Sonic Reed Beds” were inspired by the movement of reeds in the wind. This ensemble of sound sculptures re-imagines the natural reed using steel rods topped with metal or stone. As they move in the breeze, the tops collide creating random compositions of varying densities, from the quiet, gentle collisions of pebbles to overlapping chimes of metal domes. Reed Bed Bases made by Will Datson and Paul Sandimere.
Pigeon
Whistles
by Nathaniel Mann with Peter Petravicius
The project Pigeon Whistles takes inspiration from centuries old traditions from both
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Kathy Hinde also collaborated with Ed Holroyd to create an online soundmap to collate sound recordings that occur as a result of the wind. The map can be played back like a musical score and customised in different ways to generate many different Aeolian soundscapes. Play with the map here – aeoliansoundmap.co.uk. You can upload your own Aeolian recordings using audioboo.
Aeolian Soundmap by Kathy Hinde and Ed Holroyd
Kathy Hinde also collaborated with Ed Holroyd to create an online soundmap to collate sound recordings that occur as a result of the wind. The map can be played back like a musical score and customised in different ways to generate many different Aeolian soundscapes. Play with the map here – aeoliansoundmap.co.uk. You can upload your own Aeolian recordings using audioboo.
kathyhinde.co.uk
Produced by OCM
(www.ocmevents.org) and Oxford Brookes University Sonic Art Research Unit
(www.sonicartresearch.co.uk).
Co-commissioned by Brighton Festival (brightonfestival.org) and WithoutWalls.
You can download a press release at www.ocmevents.org/ocm/contact_us/press.html
You can download a press release at www.ocmevents.org/ocm/contact_us/press.html
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