The sonicArk Wind Pillars

The strong and almost permanent wind on Europaplads was the conductor of all sound performances which featured stored recording pleasures from Aarhus. The three wind pillars of sonicArk formed a giant virtual windmill or an invisible tree of sounds. The movements of the air above the Europaplads articulated live the panning movements of the actual sounds throughout the multichannel setup. People could request a choreophonic piece on site. During specific hours the sonicArk installation listened for clapping hands, which started an acoustic dance above the heads of the listeners. All recording pleasures created unique panoramic sonographies of the sound of the city of Aarhus.

The sonicArk composition encompass all the sounds from the Flying Orchestra, Playground for the Ears of Blind People, the Queen‘s Laughter, the Factory of Memory and the Murmurmar. The daily performances were arranged by a special timetable including the interactive mode that chooses compositional parts from the recorded sound libraries.