At Lincoln Center waiting for the second night of the Varese Festival to begin. Last night was spectacular. — 1 week 3 days ago

Hello

Welcome to Sonic Babylon, an art project planting gardens of sound around the world; invisible gardens hanging in the air and heard on mobile devices when you visit or pass through.

Riding local Wi-Fi networks, each garden grows in selected spaces within a community, bringing the music, sounds, and stories of that locale's past and present into the future, and allowing networked visitors access to a world beyond the world they see. Visitors to the garden may hear, prune, and even plant new sounds, so the ambience of each garden is different, and based on local sounds and public interaction.

The first group of sound gardens began in Australia in 2009. They include the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre's Media Gardens in Queensland (Cairns, South Bank, and Noosa), and The National Film and Sound Archive's Permanent Sound Garden (Canberra).

The first sound garden planted by Sonic Babylon, the wny garden (Jan. 2009), is a development site for hypnotone and timecurve. Our most recent Sound Garden was planted at the Noosa Regional Gallery in Tewantin (Queensland). It opened in September 2009. If you are in the area, drop in and check it out.
• Click here to create an account and download the software.
• For information about how to interact with the garden click here.

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