Micro Garden by Arius Blaze of Folktek
While its very intriguing & makes some great sounds, it reminds me of a Len Lye kinetic sculpture which also made very beautiful sounds, without the aid of any electricity! Actually thats a lie, electricity was involved in making it move…
‘Grass’ made in 1965 by Len Lye
Since theres no video or sound I can link to, I’ll try to describe it from memory: basically the whole wooden base that the thin metal rods are connected to gently/slowly rocks, so the rods emulate the movement of wind through long grass… and of course, as the rods bend & move they ping each other making the most exquisite, delicate sounds..
In my humble opinion, there is nothing better than walking into an art gallery & hearing a sound that is evocative, but you cannot imagine how it is being created. Such is Len Lyes kinetic sculptures, although not all of them are gentle works… A Flip & Two Twisters is a good example of a scary dramatic kinetic sculpture; you stand in awe in its presence – overwhelmed by its physicality & equally fascinated & unnerved by the energy involved…
In the following video you see Universe as well as Blade and at 6’00″ or so A Flip & Two Twisters (although sadly youtubes audio renders the effect to be 0.01% of reality)
