trumpet marine at figment festival
June 27th, 2008
I made a little sound sculpture - a sort of wind-powered banjo - for this weekend’s Figment Festival on Governors Island. Here it is installed on the island’s waterfront by Castle Williams, with a spectacular view of downtown Manhattan. (If you’re in the New York area, come to the festival this weekend - it’s free, and there’s eight million things to see.)
If the wind really picks up, the flowers will spin.
And here’s a video from when I was testing it on my deck.
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1. LAN3 | June 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Nice one, Ranjit! MG called me at about 4:30 on Saturday and she was close enough that I could hear the sculpture through the phone– but she said she was close enough to be kissing the banjo, heh! Fortunately the wind picked up while she was that close. Sounds great– I wish I could’ve seen it.
2. Sagebrush » Blog Ar&hellip | July 8th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
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