Lateral
Office
has installed 12
oversized
seesaws
on
the
streets
of New
York
City's
Garment
District.
Inspired
by
the
iconic
cover
of
the
Joy
Division
album
"Unknown
Pleasures," as
well
as
Steve
Reich’s
serial,
minimal
music,
which
plays
with
repetition,
rhythm
and
syncopation,
Impulse
project
explores
how
architecture
can
visualize
sound. The
seesaws,
of
2
lengths,
form
units
of
light
and
sound
that
can
be
activated
and
played
by
the
public
to
create
a
temporal,
ever-changing
event.
Impulse
embodies
ideas
of
serialism,
repetition,
and
variation
to
produce
zones
of
intensity
and
calm
within
a
large
public
space. The
work
was
first
presented
in
2015
at
Luminothérapie,
a
festival
in
Montréal.
"The immersive urban instrument creates an exciting, playful experience, in which visitors become the musicians and artists through a series of illuminated seesaws that respond and transform when put into motion," said the Garment District Alliance, a non-profit that organised the project.
Impulse is installed in New York City's Garment District until 31 January 2020.
Read more about Impulse:
Dezeen
The Garment District NYC
Lateral Office