An artist has created a sculpture that sings in the wind – with the help of sound scientists from Salford.
The dramatic sculpture – named Aeolus, after the Greek god of wind – was created by artist Luke Jerram.
The 30ft-wide archway features more than 300 stainless steel tubes which chime at different frequencies, with the sounds changing depending on wind direction and strength.
Dr Ian Drumm, from Salford University’s acoustics research centre, helped the Bristol-based artist with the engineering feat.
Dr Drumm said: “The sculpture will combine both art and acoustical engineering, and we hope that its beauty will spark interest in the science behind the project.”
Aeolus will tour the country next spring with workshops, talks and demonstrations to explain the science involved in the design.
The final location of the installation has still to be decided. The project was paid for by grants from Arts Council England and a major science fund.
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Nice, but nothing to harp on about.
"The project was paid for by grants from Arts Council England..."
Let me translate that. "It was obvious that people would not willingly pay their own good money from this 'project', so a tiny group of people in London decided that if people would not pay of their own free will, then they would be forced to pay against their will from money collected from taxes, money that people are compelled to pay or have their good confiscated or be sent to prison."
Manchester United and Manchester City do not need "grants from Arts Council England"; indeed nor do even Bolton Wanderers.
And they tell us we have to go through a period of auterity! It seems that there's always money for hairbrained schemes though. I wonder how much all this cost because you can bet it wasn't cheap, probably no change from £250, 000
Looks quite nice to me. Lets hope it's final location does it justice. I will definitely be getting a closer look at it.
Great name for an acoustics engineer, Dr Drumm!!
Signed Dr BesselFunction