Description
Daily tous les jours · North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, US
Musical Swings
Imagined as a collective experience, the Musical Swings invite people of all ages to make music together. It’s an intuitive game, where people enter a highly sensory performance, making music with their entire bodies, while cooperation between them unlocks secret melodies.
The artwork is a studio staple project that has toured the world and won international recognition. A set of ten swings is now permanently installed at NCMA’s park, featuring a classical ensemble comprising piano, guitar, vibraphone, and harp.
Other version: Buchheim Museum, Bernried, DE · source
photo: Florian Holzherr
Daydreamer
The studio’s new sculptural series of rocking benches, Daydreamer, composes gentle music and encourages synced-up movements. When people rock the benches, music and light animations are triggered, merging analog and digital movements.
All the sounds of the artwork are recordings of human voices. The notes that are sung depend on the benches’ position and direction of travel. Volume is dictated by the speed of movement. The ensemble is an evolving, organic tapestry of tension and release, motion and stillness.
Other version: South Bend, Indiana, US · source
photo: Leah Tribbett
images: Daily tous les jours, dailytouslesjours.com