Singing Ringing Tree

Described as a Panopticon, this sculpture commands spectacular views above Burnley from Crown Point. It creates an eerie, unearthly music as the wind whistles through the steel tubes. This strange sound increases at sunrise when the wind becomes more intense. It is one of the few sculptures to have won a Royal Institute of British Architects award. The Singing Ringing Tree was designed by Tonkin Liu Architects http://www.tonkinliu.co.uk. This video was created by Jonathan Brind http://www.baa.me.uk/

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[jonathanbrind]

It whistles because the wind blows through the pipes. The pipes are like penny whistles and they are pointed in all directions so no matter where the wind comes from some of the pipes will have wind travelling through them (so long as there is some wind). It is located on the brow of a windy hill, so this helps.

[jonathanbrind]

You can see planes. The video is speeded up so it looks like they are travelling really fast

[34comecome]

sounds like walking to the path of dead....can you imagine walking at night with that sound in the background? I would imagine something dragging me by my legs in the back ready to mutilate me...

[jonathanbrind]

@34comecome When I set up my equipment it was pitch black. Didn't really know which direction to point the camera! At first it didn't make much noise but as the sun rose, the wind lifted and the sound increased. It was very eerie all alone up there. Hobbit territory!

[jonathanbrind]

Beautiful idea ShadowSoldior and possibly true.

[Paperhouse81]

It has a very uncanny atmosphere. All alone, surrounded by emptiness and passing clouds, withstanding storms and abyssal midnights.

I would definitely use it for a film.

[jonathanbrind]

@Paperhouse81 Thanks it certainly feels eerie if you get there before dawn when there's no-one around. By the way I like Neil's theme (is it?). Would make great background for the right documentary.

[Claycat4]

This is weird. It's like it's the only thing left on earth. Everyone is gone and this is standing sentinel on a lonely hill. It makes me think of the movies 2001, A Space Odyssey and Langoliers.

[DaDa2Phlux]

I prefer the green,living tree that replenishes,shades among other things. Admittedly this is rather beautiful -in a detached ,pure form ,post- human kind of way . Call me when mechanical birds raise their young in their nests made of wire then will gladly reconsider :-)

[ishouldplayzelda]

how did they get it to whistle? i'm wanting to make somthing like this as a project in my welding class and i have the supplies but i don't know how to get the pipes to sing. is there any kind of tutorial anywhere?

[Chloetale]

did i see a comet flying down the sky?

[34comecome]

@jonathanbrind macarrones! I can only imagine. Where is this place?

[tedhitshomoz]

was this designed after an english mans teeth?

[ShadowSoldior]

When all of humanity has disappeared, and the world has finally gone dark and silent, will this still be there, playing the ghostly wail of centuries over and over again?