September 22, 2012 at 3:04 pm

The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

by twistedsifter

 

Every spring, an interactive installation takes over a high-traffic area in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles and sets a collective ritual. The installation offers a fresh look at the idea of cooperation, the notion that we can achieve more together than separately.

This year’s installation by Daily Tous Les Jours, is a giant instrument made of 21 musical swings; each swing in motion triggers different notes, all the swings together compose a piece, but some sounds only emerge from cooperation. The project stimulates ownership of the public space, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds, and creating a place for playing and hanging out in the middle of the city centre.

A travelling version of the project is currently being made for these collective moments to spread around the world.

 

 

 

21 Swings by Daily Tous Les Jours

 

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 6 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 2 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 3 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 1 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 4 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 swings art installation montreal daily tous les jours 5 The Interactive Musical Light Swings Project

Art Installation by Daily Tous Les Jours | Photograph by Oliver Blouin

 

 

 

21 SWINGS – CREDITS

 
DAILY TOUS LES JOURS
Executive producer: Antoine Clayette, Hugues Monfroy
Concept team: Dominique Côté, Alexandre Landry, Yolène Leroux and Luc-Alain Giraldeau
Music: Radwan Ghazi Moumneh
Design: Sébastien Dallaire, Alexandre Landry
Production: Olivier Coquet, Albane Guy, Élise Genvrin, Sophie Grignart, Ricardo Jean, Yolène Leroux, Benoît Piccolini, Peter Rockwell, Alexandra Sawicki
Production Coordinator: Tara DeSimone

Technological partner: ESKI
Technical direction: Vincent Leclerc
Project manager: Josiane Mercier
Programing: Eva Schindling, Patrick Keroulas, Vincent de Belleval
Production: Philippe Savard, Marc-André Tessier

Created and produced with support from Quartier des spectacles de Montréal

 

 

 

 

 

 

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