Tag: soundscape
Manhattan’s neighborhoods have long been shaped by the music its inhabitants create, and that element of history inspired designer John Davies to see what the topography of the island would look like if each neighborhood were represented by a song. Using laser cut perspex, Davies chose an iconic song for each neighborhood and made a model […]
Swiss sound artist Zimoun creates epic “kinetic sound structures” by applying basic mechanics to simple industrial materials, a lot of them, strategically assembled to emit complex and layered rhythms. His latest installation (video above) was made by attaching 329 of Zimoun’s signature dc-motors to cotton balls, and symmetrically placing them throughout a massive abandoned toluene tank in […]
