Singing ringing tree

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Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu: Singing Ringing Tree (2006) in Lancashire, England

Coordinates: 53 ° 45 ′ 42.4 "  N , 2 ° 14 ′ 28.9"  W.

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The Singing Ringing Tree (English for the singing, ringing tree after the fairy tale of the same name) is a musical or music-making sculpture in the landscape of the Pennines with a view of Burnley in the county of Lancashire in England . The sculpture was unveiled on December 14, 2006 by Burnley Mayor Councilor Mohammad Najib and designers Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu . It is an object of environment art, which is primarily about the relationship between the work of art and its surroundings.

concept

Completed in 2006, the sculpture is part of a series of four sculptures within the Panopticons Art and Regeneration Project of the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network . Panopticons are sculptures that can still be seen from a great distance, i.e. they are erected on geographical elevations. They are intended to be symbols of the renaissance of the areas in which they are located across eastern Lancashire, and thus modern sights of the 21st century .

Design and construction

The Singing Ringing Tree was designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu and constructed from tubes made of galvanized steel, which cut and bundle the energy of the wind constantly blowing over the open area, so that they produce slightly inconsistent, piercing choral tones that on a Range of several octaves are based. The tubes are reminiscent of organ pipes. Some of the tubes are merely structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut lengthways to allow sound. The harmonic and singing properties of the tree sculpture were achieved in that the tubes according to their size and ordering them by the addition of holes in the bottom agreed .

Awards

In 2007, the sculpture next 13 other candidates won the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for architecture elle excellence .

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