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flounder1.jpgA few years ago, composer, musician and programmer Øyvind Brandtsegg built a sound installation into Nils Sigurd Aas’ Flounder, a public sculpture located at Straumen in Inderøy, Norway.

When Brandtsegg suggested the idea to Aas in 2003, Aas responded “I really would like to hear the Flounder sing”. Brandtsegg’s installation makes use of a loudspeaker technique in which the sound is transferred to the metal in the sculpture. The natural environment, and especially the tidal stream, inspired Brandtsegg to program several variables which different sensors record from their surroundings.

flounder2.jpgThe music is influenced by light level, temperature, moon phase, water level, water direction, and local time. Brandtsegg also composed different themes for days of the week and each of the twelve months. The sensor data and the sound signals are streamed — via the Internet — from Inderøy to Trondheim, where a computer processes it and sends it back.

At the Flounder website, you can follow the audible development of the work over a span of 10 years (2006-2016). You can listen to the composition in two versions – the sound played through the sculpture, or the “raw” version. Go here to learn more about the project.


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