Harmonic Fields artist’s talk
If our recent feature of Harmonic Fields caught your eye, then this may be of interest to you too: there’s a free talk taking place with the composer and creator on Saturday 4 June.
Pierre Sauvageot, composer and artistic director of Lieux publics, the National Centre of Creation in Marseilles (France), who present Harmonic fields will be giving a 45 minute talk about the project at Lanternhouse on 4 June at 7:30 p.m.
You’ll find out more about Pierre’s work, where the project came from and how the artists approached making a ‘new’ form of music with such innovative techniques. There will be an opportunity to ask Pierre any questions at the end.
About Harmonic Fields
500 Aeolian instruments (after the Greek god, Aeolus, keeper of the wind) will be installed for 3 days upon the common. The instruments will be played and powered only by the wind, which will create an enchanting musical soundscape which you can experience as you rest or move amongst the instruments.
The installation uses a mixture of conventional and purpose built instruments for example, metal and wood cellos, strings, flutes, Balinese scarecrows, sirens, gongs, harps and bamboo organs. They will be organised into four sections, each named after different types of winds from around the world. The sounds that they create, and the tempo of the music, will depend entirely upon the strength and the direction of the wind.