STREETWAVES
Installation: 23-31 Jul 2011 -- 08:00 - 20:00
Presented by: RobertJarvis
Public: Free
High Street
Sittingbourne, Kent -- UK
http://streetwaves.blog.com

A new work by Robert Jarvis for Sittingbourne High Street, in Kent. Using a recent advance in music technology that allows shop windows to be used as audio sources capable of playing quiet sounds, the street will be transformed into a multi-channel sound installation for eight days at the end of July.

The sounds used in the installation represent the various traders along the street and to this end Robert has created a series of sonic vignettes drawn from sounds recorded in the various shops in collaboration with the retailers. As the installation plays through the daytime and early evening these small compositions will fade in and out from 26 resonating shop windows along the street surprising the passers-by and encouraging them to make new connections with their surroundings....

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