Sculpture from Weather, for Music... (The Daily Swarm)
Not quite kinetic, but still alive… from Brain Pickings:
> Miebach translates weather and climate change data from cities into musical
scores, which she then translates into vibrant, whimsical sculptures and uses
them as the basis for collaboration with musicians across a wide spectrum of
styles and genres…
> Each sculpture not only maps the meteorological landscape of a specific time
and place, but is also a fully functional musical score to be played and
interpreted by musicans on instruments as varied as piano, French horn and
electrican guitar…
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