Tag: the making of public art
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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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Home Phone Windows & Play for All Ages
Play It By Ear is a play structure for all ages. What does play look like to different ages? How do seniors play? What does it mean to participate indirectly in an interactive artwork? In this blog post, we’ll talk about the origins of the imagery for the round “Home Phone” windows, intergenerational play, and…
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Fabrication & Installation
When it came time to fabricate and install the artwork, almost every element had to be carefully considered, hand-crafted, and planned specifically for Play It By Ear. From aluminum fabrication, to electronics, to automotive painting, to underfoot details, this blog describes the fabrication and installation of Play It By Ear.
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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.…
Play It By Ear 