Relax for 30 minutes with the Singing Ringing Tree

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/11/11/relax-for-30-minutes-with-the-singing-ringing-tree.html

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A wonderful thing.

But the birds are all tweeting and twittering (in the correct sense of those words) “when is that damned thing going to shut up?” :wink:

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That thing sounds vaguely frightening… like in the film “Annihilation” when the protagonist finally reaches the lighthouse.

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Yeah, I don’t know why they didn’t do more harmonious tones, like a nice wind chime.

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Maybe so it could furnish the soundtrack for the next movie in the Villeneuve Dune franchise?

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Have you been to Burnley? (Ducks and dives for cover before Burnley residents start firing.)

(BTW it is Burnley - there’s a typo in your post - not Burney)

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“Relax for 30 minutes with the Singing Ringing Tree.”

Don’t tell me what to do!!!

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My one visit to Burnley was… let’s just say it was an experience.

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Thanks @AndreaJames !! Just had to do a deep dive on wind generated music when I had other things to do!

Most wind sculptures use turbulent semi-chaotic air flow to create mechanically hit tuned objects e.g. the wind chime where this piece uses pipes like a flute or church organ.

I think the video provided did a disservice to the audio aspect of the sculpture. It made me think it was all visual aesthetic over musical/aural reception.

Here’s another version and some other stuff. Thanks for posting/offering up that rabbit hole for me to go down :grinning:

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Fantastic! It’s funny, but I end up doing several rabbit holes a day. When I find an interesting topic, I usually look at all examples to find the best / most recent one.

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