The sound trail, with a total length of 6,5 km, has 17 stations inviting the visitor to a rest in order to make music, to listen to nature or just to admire it:
(S) stands for sound sculptures, (P) for sound points.
The sound sculptures and points were created by the artists
A suggestion:
The sound trail is a very scenic walk, but it is also rather a strain. Thus
we recommend to those people who only want to make a part of the way to walk
from the village centre towards the church and to pass along the "Musical
Spectators" and the "Ground Xylophone" and so on. This part of
the way is also accessible to wheelchairs.
If you need any support (for instance a pickup service after a part of the way),
please call Mr. Jos Marnach (021/350 509) or Mr. Fernand Schmitt (99 01 81).
Have a good time!
Concept: Marie-Josée Kerschen / Raimund Stephan
Realization:Toiture Nagel, Hoscheid/Dickt
This is a place to lay down, to close the eyes and to concentrate totally upon the diversity of the "village noises". In addition, the visitor's ear is supported by two big acoustic funnels.
Idea: Kraftarena Grossgerungs (http://www.kraftarena.at)
Realization: Laurent Remiche,
Schrainer Wierkstat s.à r.l.
Brandenbourg
A marimba with eighty oak keys. Its form, an open circle, invites group playing. A set of beaters hang from a post next to the sculpture. This sculpture is dedicated to the skylark which sang above the field nearby and gave one of the first signs of spring in March 2002.
Sound sample Marimba Alouette:
A short improvisation (1 min 25 s) performed by Pierre Corbi and Will Menter:
marimba_128.mp3 (1,3 MB)
Some words about my sculptures:
"Nearly all my sound sculptures use the sounds of natural materials such as
wood, stone, water and air in a relatively untransformed way. I try to make
pieces where the visual and aural forms are intertwined and equal. When the
commission is for a permanent installation, as at Hoscheid, I always work from
the nature of the site itself, using materials that are obviously local, to
make sculptures that resonate happily with their environment. These four sculptures
were conceived, designed and made over a period of 10 months from August 2001
to June 2002."
Will Menter
Three oozlers (a name I invented to describe this sounding system) are planted beside the river. They can be rotated by hand to allow the pieces of wood and metal to bounce, trickle, tinkle and oozle down the wires.
Sound samples Oozler:
Two short recordings (15 and 16 s):
oozler1_128.mp3 (269 kB) Oozler (metal)
oozler2_128.mp3 (254 kB) Oozler
(wood)
You can walk right inside this sculpture which is made from over 500 hanging pieces of oak from the forest. They gently sound themselves in the wind or can be pushed against each other by hand.
On the ground is a path made from river stones, suggesting a link between the sound of the sculpture and that of the river.
Aluminium tubes are easily tuneable. If you shorten a tune by 0.9715 per cent of its original length, the pitch rises for a half-tone. This set is tuned to G. Have a good time whilst playing your favourite songs!
This big tube bell is as long and thin as the trunk of a small
tree. The deep ground note lasts for several minutes, but it is only produced
if the instrument is struck with a heavy branch. From close, you can feel the
vibrations with your whole body. If you pass your hand over the metal, you feel
the nodal point which is free of vibrations; it is situated at 22,4% of the
length. It is the place where the fixing holes are bored, in order to allow
an uninterrupted development of the sound.
Eight oak boards are suspended in front of resonanting tubes which disappear through a stone wall deep into the earth. They are sounded by beaters which hang from the frame of the sculpture.
Sound sample Buried resonance:
A short part (16 s) played by Pierre Corbi: resonance_128.mp3
(264 kB)
The ground xylophone was inspired by big African xylophones. And
according to the African model, it can be played simultaneously by several players.
It is not conceived for the playing of well-known songs, but for a common improvisation
with motion patterns. The ground xylophone may also be used as a table : tables
are important places of communication, and music instruments are tools of communication.
The sound is reinforced by the hole in the ground and it can be felt with the
whole body.
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