“The listener sits at the middle of four pipes, which are hit by motors producing percussive patterns. Four recordings were taken with a microphone pointing at each one of the cardinal points, at different times of the day; the pipes’ length is tuned to the corresponding “keynote” of the soundscape. The rhythm is also derived from an analysis of the sound attacks in the recordings. Made with Arduino Uno, 4x solenoids, 12x Pipes”
I think one thing that strikes me the most about this is how sonically different it is to the environments soundscape. The percussive nature of the installation seems to fight against the background. This could easily have been in a gallery space – a clear intention was made to put this in a place where the dynamic percussion stood out.