Sometimes I like to search for interesting combination's of words to see if anything cool comes up. I searched for "light sculpture" but in the video results I saw a link to a video for this. The Singing Ringing Tree.
The Singing ringing tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree, set in the landscape of the Pennine Mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire.
The Tree is part of a series of four sculptures within the Panopticans arts and regeneration project, created by the East Lancashire Enviornmental Arts Network. Designed by architects, Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu, the tree is a 3 meter tall construction comprised of galvanized steel pipes. These pipes harness the energy of the wind producing a choral sound that can range several octaves. Some of the pipes are purely aesthetic, while others have been cut across their width to create the sound. The harmonic qualities are achieved by tuning the pipes based on their length and by adding holes to the underside of each.
In 2007 the sculpture won the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects for architectural excellence.
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