Who doesn’t remember makeshift
telephones made of wire and cans? Urban Symphony interactive sculpture is inspired
by this childhood toys, but a bit more complex and a lot cooler looking!
In conjunction with WUF9 Kuala
Lumpur, we had been invited to collaborate with UNHabitat to set up a pop-up
art installation intended to promote awareness of quality public spaces in Kuala
Lumpur city. 2 days
on-site installation works conducted by the team, as we remarked that erecting
the arts work on the street allowed passers-by to engage with their artistic
process, ask question about the work, the process and goals.
UPVC pipes given the designer great
flexibility in forming the angle and shape with its off-the-shelves angle
joint. This interactive art formed by the combination of 36 vertical modules of
various heights. As people speak into these modules, their voices are amplified
and carried out into the air. The breeze carries these words and ideas into the
atmosphere to create a collective voice. Trumpet-shaped
listening devices are installed at the end of the each module, where painted Symphony Horns standing high – some
angles toward the sky, some is pointed to the human level. Children can explore the playful qualities of sound by
talking into one end of the sculpture to produce sound for the listener on the
other end.
The installation work intended to bring the
community together; it is the place that people meet with friends, stop for
lunch, enjoy the time with family; The material used for seats and benches are
100% recyclable, these seating has been landscaped with 55 recycled pallets
placed in between the Symphony Horn intended to break down the conventions of
standardized seating patterns, utilizing height and space, as well as offering
a large amount of external seating in this familiar urban space.
Tape arts be part of this installation work to
entice, delight and direct the pedestrian flow and experience this public space.
The colourful lines arts borrows from the language of KL-city metro map vector
as it is a vibrant and memorable wayfinding indication of this growing urban legible
city.
Urban Symphony, a fundamentally demonstrated
versatile space that hold any kind of public activity. The installation allowed
all kinds of interactions, and allowed visitors to participate in the
exhibition and programs organized by UNHabitat for WUF9. It has also
successfully offered pedestrians a new experience with its symphony and optical
sensation, inverting and magnifying the urban landscape.
Project
info:
Architect: Garis Architects Sdn Bhd & GAde Design
Workshop
Collaborator: UNHabitat (represented by David A. Sagita
& Mitiku Woldesenbet)
Lead
Designer: Ar Steven
Ngu Ngie Woon
Design Team: Albert Chua, Daniel Tiong, Loh Kwan Seng, Ng
Zhia Zhing, Jonathan Lim, Tan Chew Yee
Photographs: Steven Ngu, Ng Zhia Zhing
