A tour of the sounds of the city through the ear of a balloon.
Latex balloons, six meters audio cable, semi-binaural microphones, audio recorder, headphones.
Commissioned by Newcastle City Council, for the exhibition Creative Stuff in Public Space (May 2011), part of the festival Invisible Architecture, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sept. 2011.
The Flying Ear
A tour of the sounds of the city through the ear of a balloon. Latex balloons, six meters audio cable, semi-binaural microphones, audio recorder, headphones. Commissioned by Newcastle City Council, for the exhibition Creative Stuff in Public Space (May 2011), part of the festival Invisible Architecture, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sept. 2011.
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