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Wind Chimes by Patrick Zentz
Photo CreditGSA\Maggie Harris
Wind Chimes
Photo CreditGSA\Maggie Harris

Wind Chimes

Artist
Year2008
Classification time based media
Medium musical instruments, electronics, acrylic
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location

  • Three works of art have been created to translate wind into sound. Using temperature changes and wind, these instruments create continually changing aural patterns. The instruments respond to subtleties in wind velocity and turbulence with many different tones and rhythms. Information delivered to programmed chips from an anemometer, wind vane and temperature sensor produces scores of music.


    “The instruments sense electronically, manifest kinetically, and finally...express acoustically” - Zentz