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Detail of artist Dan Corson’s Sonic Bloom, a sculpture in the Seattle Center adjacent to the Space Needle that react to viewers’ movement by emitting various harmonic tones.
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Sonic Bloom - Don Corson
These sun loving , harmonic blooms use regionally manufactured custom solar panels to generate their own power. The electricity generated make the flowers dance with light through the evening and sing through the day, 365 days of the year.
Sonic Bloom combines art and science to help educate about solar energy and inspire people to consider how they can incorporate renewable energy into their lives.
Sonic Bloom is created by Seattle-based artist Don Corson .
The new "Sonic Bloom!" solar-powered flower sculptures at the Pacific Science Center join the Space Needle as attractions at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington.
Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Dan Corson, Artist
The petals of each of these "flowers" have hidden sensors that identify movement - the flowers “sing” when people are nearby in distinctive series of harmonic notes simulating a singing chorus. ツ
Detail of artist Dan Corson’s Sonic Bloom, a sculpture in the Seattle Center adjacent to the Space Needle that react to viewers’ movement by emitting various harmonic tones.
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These four flower power producers (there's a fifth one off-frame to the right) made their debut as solar energy collectors last month at Seattle Center. You can conduct your own electronic symphony by interacting with them--they produce harmonic tones as you move around them.
They're a demonstration project for alternative energy sponsored by Seattle City Light.
Dan Corson's installation in Seattle Center - flower sculptures that light up at night - powered by solar energy.
Space Needle rises above "SONIC BLOOM" by Dan Corson outside the Pacific Science Center. Each of five flower sculptures is 20 ft. in diameter and up to 40 ft. high. Pieces are fabricated from steel and fiberglass and feature custom photo voltaic cells, LEDs, sensors, an interactive sound system and energy data monitoring.
Bass player Tony Grey who performed with pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara during The Hague Jazz 2008.
(NIKON D80; 6/5/2008; 1/200 at f/8; ISO 200; white balance: Tungsten; focal length: 50 mm; SB-800 below white panel, manual 1/2 power; SB-800/snoot with CTO gel hand held above CDs, manual 1/32 power, triggered with Nikon CLS)
I'm glad I received this CD today. It really make me so happy. What'd be a better way to brighten up a day with music from my favorite jazz pianist :)
So this is not really about photography, but me being happy. But anyway, I'll just put this Strobist way and work a bit with CTO gel.
In the playful context of Seattle Center’s festival grounds, Sonic Bloom is a permanent interactive art installation at the foot of Seattle’s Space Needle and a defining entry sculpture to the Pacific Science Center. 5 giant solar flowers absorb the sun’s energy and express it at night with patterned LED lighting and in the daytime with a chorus of interactive harmonic tones triggered by people’s movement around each flower. The striped stalks are also massive barcodes that allow inquisitive types to decode the supersized puzzle.
At the foot of Seattle’s Space Needle and a defining entry sculpture to the Pacific Science Center, Sonic Bloom was conceived as a dynamic and educational focal piece that would extend the Science Center’s education outside of their buildings while engaging the public with an iconic artwork prompting curiosity and interactivity both during the day and night.
Commissioned by the Pacific Science Center and Seattle City Light’s Green Up Program.
5 flowers: 20’ diameter and up to 40’ tall. Steel, fiberglass, custom photo voltaic cells, LEDs, sensors, interactive sound system and energy data monitoring.
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SONIC BLOOM, 2013, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Center, Seattle WA.
Commissioned by the Pacific Science Center and Seattle City Light’s Green Up Program.
5 flowers: 20’ diameter and up to 40’ tall. Steel, fiberglass, custom photo voltaic cells, LEDs, sensors, interactive sound system and energy data monitoring.
One of the best performances I heard during The Hague Jazz 2008 was by Hiromi's Sonicbloom. This quartet is led by the virtuosic and extremely energetic Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi Uehara (1979), who makes a fantastic groovy blend of jazz, progressive rock, classical music and fusion. Already at the age of 17 she played with the well-known pianist Chick Corea. At the Berklee College of Music in Boston Hiromi has been mentored by Ahmad Jamal, who has also taken a personal interest in her artistic development. "She is nothing short of amazing," says Jamal. "Her music, together with her overwhelming charm and spirit, causes her to soar to unimaginable musical heights." Check out this talented young musician!