Tag: sound sculpture

Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient Sonic Sculpture Recordings Now Available

Important Records has announced Sonambient – the complete collection of audio recordings by furniture designer and sound art sculptor Harry Bertoia. In the late 1950’s, Bertoia (1915-1978), already a renowned American sculptor, began creating long-form, improvised pieces of music using pure acoustic tones evoked from his sound sculptures. Around this time Bertoia came up with the term… Read More Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient Sonic Sculpture Recordings Now Available

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Ambient Synthesis Sculpture Reacts To Its Environment

Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures Ambient Synthesis – a sound sculpture, created by Amanda Ghassaei, that responds to light to create a unique audiovisual interpretation of its environment. Light sensors in the device pick up changes in its surroundings (the scenes from this video demonstrate the piece responding to sunsets and sunrises). This data is interpreted… Read More Ambient Synthesis Sculpture Reacts To Its Environment

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David Byrne Installation: Playing The Building

Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by David Byrne, will transform the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” Byrne’s project will consist of a retrofitted antique organ placed in the center of the building’s cavernous second-floor… Read More David Byrne Installation: Playing The Building

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