Tag: telephone installation


  • Play It By Ear

    Play It By Ear

    Play It By Ear is an interactive sound sculpture inviting a neighbourhood to talk to itself. 13 brightly coloured telephone pillars are placed throughout Butler Memorial Park in Edmonton/Treaty 6. Each pair of colour-coded telephones is connected by looping ‘landlines’ curling underfoot. Park visitors can pick up any telephone and a matching phone will ring…

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  • Design Process

    Design Process

    Developing a new artwork capable of surviving a long-term installation in an outdoor winter city is challenging at the best of times, but we just happened to begin designing Play It By Ear at the beginning of a global pandemic. While COVID delayed the project significantly, it also allowed more time for research and development.…

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