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Sonic Vista – Klangkunst im GrünGürtel

Sonic Vista is an installation in a large-scale urban sound space (Deutschherrnbrücke, railway-bridge over the Main river in Frankfurt) that helps an observer listen into the inner workings and complexity of the city and hear its patterns of sound as a whole in the moment. The urban sound sources are subtly transformed in real time, with “tuning tubes” enhancing harmonic patterns that the human brain can read out as music, as rhythm. The ear and eye of the observer become engaged in noticing the city’s sonic patterns and forming a new mental map of the sources of its vibrations. The effect is one of decoding new information, hearing the sound of your culture as a sophisticated whole organism for the very first time. It is the sound of ourselves, our “hive,” our cultural inputs and outputs heard as an advanced urban-music pattern.

The opportunity to make this dream come true came through the 20th anniversary of Frankfurt’s green belt, supported by the Deutsche Bahn, the City of Frankfurt, and the European Central Bank. The north and south portions of the green belt are to be joined together at this very spot, with its classic “postcard” view of Frankfurt. To draw people to our Sonic Vista we create two large, bright spherical loudspeakers as visual icons and attractors, which can be seen from a long way away. But when people approach to investigate these objects they find a gentle field of sound—the city is harmonically altered, playing in real time.

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Sonic Vista – Klangkunst im GrünGürtel

Sonic Vista ist eine Installation in einem großen urbanen Klangraum (Deutschherrnbrücke, Eisenbahnbrücke über den Main in Frankfurt), die dem Publikum ermöglicht, in das komplexe Innenleben der Stadt hineinzuhören und ihre Klangmuster im jeweiligen Augenblick in ihrer Gesamtheit wahrzunehmen. Die urbanen Klangquellen werden auf subtile Weise in Echtzeit mit „Resonanzrohren“ transformiert und in harmonische Klänge verwandelt, die das menschliche Gehirn als Musik, als Rhythmus auslesen kann. Auge und Ohr des Betrachters werden angesprochen, nehmen die Klangmuster der Stadt wahr und entwerfen davon ausgehend einen neuen mentalen Stadtplan. Die Wirkung entspricht in etwa der Verarbeitung neuer Informationen, dem erstmaligen Hören des Klangs der eigenen Kultur als komplexen Organismus. Es ist der Sound von uns selbst, unseres kulturellen Inputs und Outputs, eines symphonischen „Bienenstocks“, der als hoch entwickeltes urbanes Klangmuster zu hören ist.

Die Möglichkeit, diesen Traum zu verwirklichen, ergab sich anlässlich des 20. Jubiläums des Frankfurter „Grüngürtels“, durch die Unterstützung der Deutschen Bahn, der Stadt Frankfurt und der Europäischen Zentralbank. Die nördlichen und südlichen Teile des Grüngürtels sollen genau an diesem Standort mit seiner klassischen „Postkarten“-Ansicht von Frankfurt miteinander verbunden werden. Um Besucher zu unserer Sonic Vista zu locken, konstruierten wir zwei große, kugelförmige Lautsprecher als visuelle Ikonen und Attraktoren. Diese Eyecatcher sind bereits aus großer Entfernung zu sehen. Sobald der Betrachter sich nähert, um die Objekte in Augenschein zu nehmen, bewegt er sich in einem dezenten Klangfeld – einer anderen Stimmung der Stadt, die harmonisch in Echtzeit verändert wird.

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