music through cooperation, the swings by daily tous les jours

music through cooperation, the swings by daily tous les jours
all images courtesy of daily tous les jours

visitors to ‘the swings’, a continuation of french-canadian studio daily tous les jours‘ 21 balançoires (swings), act collectively to create and enjoy music. the installation is based on the premise of cooperation, allowing up to 10 individuals at a time to work together in synchronicity to produce increasingly complex melodies. able to achieve more as a group than alone, ‘the swings’ utilizes music to weave together human experience.

lights at the base of each swing create unique visual compositions at night

sensors embedded within each seat detect motion and trigger notes that represent one of four musical instruments: piano, harp, vibraphone, and guitar. daily tous les jours worked in collaboration with composer radwan ghazi moumneh to make original orchestrations for the piece. ‘the swings’ is currently on a U.S. tour, and will make its debut in manhattan at the brookfield place june 10th to july 7th. 

‘the swings’ at greenbox arts festival

video courtesy of daily tous les jours

a participant swings on the installation

‘the swings’ in quartier des spectacles, montreal

music can be produced by as few as one swing, its complexity increases with cooperation

‘the swings’ is scheduled to make its NYC debut june 10th to july 7th, 2016 at brookfield place

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edited by: nick brink | designboom