{"id":568,"date":"2011-11-30T15:31:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippelanglois.net\/lcd\/?p=568"},"modified":"2014-09-03T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T08:06:40","slug":"singing-ringing-tree-danna-liu-et-mike-tonkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippelanglois.net\/lcd\/en\/singing-ringing-tree-danna-liu-et-mike-tonkin\/","title":{"rendered":"SINGING RINGING TREE (2007) d’Anna Liu et Mike Tonkin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panopticons<\/em> is a series of sculptures intended to boost the influx of tourists near Burnley in the Lancashire region of England. Among these sculptures is the Singing Ringing Tree<\/em>, a work by the artists Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin<\/a> whose overall form represents a gigantic tree caught in the turmoil of the wind. The structure of this monumental sculpture is made of galvanised steel pipes arranged like organ pipes in a helicoidal pattern.<\/p>\n

Ideally situated on a high point near Dunnockshaw forest and offering a superb panorama of Lancashire and Pendle Hill, the tree begins to sing when the wind rises, which is rather common in this region. The breeze then blows through its branches of metal pipes, producing a continuous sound, a dull fundamental frequency enriched by as many harmonics as there are pipes rising to the top of the structure. The helicoidal form allows this singing tree to rustle whatever the direction of the wind and to unfold a total song when the metal tree is crossed by the prevailing winds.<\/p>\n

Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin\u2019s Singing Ringing Tree<\/em> won in 2007 the prize Architectural Excellence by the Royal Institute of British Architect.<\/em><\/p>\n

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