nut free crop forces rethink of treesong installation /

Published at 2015-10-01 14:47:26

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100-year-outmoded beech tree in Bristol wired up to create soundscape based on falling nuts will instead activate with movements from wind and animalsA £37000 arts project to make music from the sound of nuts falling from a tree has hit a bit of a snag: the chosen tree is nut-free this year.
A professional orchestra was awarded a grant
to create TreeSong,an art installation involving a good-looking 100-year-outmoded beech tree in Bristol. Sensors were strung up under the branches in Durdham Down, which would be hit by falling nuts to trigger a soundscape and a lightshow. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com