Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Sun Boxes

Craig Colorusso's sound installation Sun Boxes came to my attention recently.  It's comprised of 20 independently operating solar-powered speakers, each playing a different but harmonious loop of tones and making a B flat chord together.  As the loops continually overlap in various ways, the musical piece would slowly evolve over time.  Ingenious idea!  Here's a clip of what it sounds like:


Video from 's youtube channel