Each tree triggers different sounds according to how they are being touched, and every tree is one part of a big instrument which sounds have been given to it through the users themselves. Each tree of the forest is a gigantic microphone and recorder. The users are free to take a tree with them, collect sounds of the environment around the forest to add to the sounds of the instrument. The sounds could then be played in sequences added by previous users or played through wandering the forest touching the objects. The URBANforest is an installation meant to dissolve the border between urban and nature, or make people rethink the possibilities of their man made environment.
Designers: Markus Appelbäck, Hakan Carlsson, Staffan Björk, Eddy Svensson, Linus Lundahl
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