Found a new sculpture/installation in our City Park today. Well - new to me, anyway! But then I have not been passing by that corner of the park for at least five months...
As odd as the thing looks, it sounds even odder. Yes - getting up to closer to it, one can also hear it kind of singing, or humming.
Back home, I tried to seek some info about it, and Google AI obliged. It seems I missed what our local newspaper wrote about it back in early December last year, when it was inaugurated.
It's official title is Currents Cast in Time: Collected Sounds of Borås, and the name of the artist/musician who created it is Jin Mustafa (female, born 1988 in Uppsala, Sweden). The work of art was made specifically for this place. It's made of aluminium and fiberglass, and the sound it gives off is a mix of city sounds recorded along the river. It also lights up from within in the dark - and you're welcome to sit on it and rest for a while, if you like. (I did not, on this occasion.)
A variety of this work of art (in the shape of some "singing stones") was first shown at our sculpture biennial in the summer of 2021. But it had to be reconstructed to meet the demands of a more permanent installation.
You can see and and listen to the 2021 version in a blog post of mine from back then:
Well, this is amazing! I would love to listen to it, sit on it, and anything else! Your city always has the best public art!
ReplyDeleteGinny, the art added over the past couple of decades has certainly added to making the city centre more "interesting" ;)
DeleteI've never seen (or even heard) of anything like this.
ReplyDeleteCK, the sound now is a lot more subtle than it was in my 2021 exhibition video, but that really just contributes to making one curious as one is passing by.
DeleteI think I remember your 2021 post (I haven't clicked back to check whether I commented then).
ReplyDeleteA very unique work of art, and really intriguing!
Meike, the close connection between the old and the new version wasn't really obvious to myself even if the new piece did make me recall an earlier exhibition including sound installations. The newspaper article I found online helped to narrow it down to 2021. I did not remember myself that I had even posted a video including the sound!
DeleteHow unusual. I'd love to hear it singing.
ReplyDeleteAddy, you can get an idea by going back to the 2021 post I linked to and click on the video there. The sound now wasn't as loud though.
DeleteI see I did read the other post and comment about stones being silent, I listened to it and would love to hear this new one to compare. Next time you pass sit and record the sound to compare... it looks pretty cool, and might sound better. it amazes me the things artist can create these days
ReplyDeleteI might do that some time later in spring or summer, Sandra.
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