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Bill Fontana: Harmonic Bridge

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This intriguing sound installation reveals the myriad of noises hidden within the Millennium Bridge. A network of vibration sensors have been placed within the bridge turning it into a vast stringed instrument which plays an ever-changing musical composition based on it's surrounding environment.

The noise created by pedestrians passing overhead, the wind, bicycles and the architectural elements which make up the bridge have been transformed into a sound installation which can be heard simultaneously in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall and also at Southwark Underground station.  

We have a Flash-based interactive illustration of how the different accelerometers pick up different sounds from various places on the bridge.

Broadband Flash (opens a pop up window) - 2mb

Still from Bill Fontana: Harmonic Bridge interactive flash

You can also download a couple of mp3s of the accelerometers.
harmonic bridge 1.mp3
harmonic bridge 2.mp3

Millennium Bridge
Millennium Bridge
© the artist; courtesy Haunch of Venison
Special microphones designed to pick up vibrations
The accelerometer microphones used for this
installation. © the artist; courtesy Haunch of Venison


Millenium bridge wires, acting as strings
The wires of the Millenium bridge acting as strings.
© the artist; courtesy Haunch of Venison

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