Eleanor Schonnell Bridge, Brisbane Australia
Composition made with sounds recorded during construction and installation, 2005

The sound you are hearing is the first permanent sound installation on a bridge worldwide, amplifying the sound of the vibrations in the structure. The cables can be heard through speakers in a live feed on the interactive pedestals closest to the pylons. 

A sound installation that has minimal impact on the functioning of the bridge, and provides a sense of immediate engagement and interaction with the structure for people using it. The interactive screen allows engagement with the community along the river, bridges around the world, the construction process, and the sound of the Green Bridge.

How it works: [Diagram signal path] 
Accelerometers pick up the movement of the cables through vibrations. This movement generates a charge which is passed on to a signal conditioner. The signal output as audio goes into the soundcard on a PC and is streamed across the local area network to the interactive pedestal.  

What you're hearing: The vibration caused by wind, traffic and strain on the structure through the cables. Or the voice of the bridge, a singing spirit depending on your perspective and beliefs.

First permanent sound installation of it's kind in the world


Bridge Song in G

Metroxylon - Keep It Simple

Metroxylon - Beautiful Struggle

Metroxylon feat. Abraham Hicks - I Love

Metroxylon - A Moment of Bliss

Lyrics of vision, mind’s audible, visible chapter shown stepping focused aggression
Mind state some abhor and others call heaven, sound shogun sword bearing crystal messenger
10,000 methods and each flow just keeps getting you vexed and disillusioned rightfully
Only a fool would try to separate this mic from me
My lost trust in governments is corrosive, depleted like uranium coated shells mutate your cranium
Speaking truths is a transgressive ritual, a tall order for a man in habitual contact with washed brains and skewed news
Psy Agent Orange, new codename whisky pete hypocrite chemical compounds unleashed every day manifesting new Vietnams, cry wolf on new Saddams
A hex on those who halt the soul’s progress, power to those who search to see
I call on the highest universal forces, storms and the seas and the galaxies
Whirling in space, transient forms in the time stream wake, become self conscious and then dissipate
Two solitudes attract and collide opening eyes; again we fall into the void
Division of cells but not destroyed, electrical force a moment made whole, chemical reaction
Combined in charge and fusion surging rhythm or mind rules alchemy on time moves searching for a breakthrough
Now in awe the knell and toll, child god sips star milk from skulls
What event could now hinder our union, the total is the sum? Absolutely none
And we still warm generates the scene, sun still sparkles captivates our dreams
Zero to infinite undefining scheme, will stem the flow pulse with mystery
Drawn through bloodlines, cells fuse timelines through our eyes into our minds
A hex on those who halt the soul’s progress, power to those who search to see
I call on the highest universal forces, storms and the seas and the galaxies
And if all the secrets were revealed, would we feel a clarity, would we relearn everything, memories forgotten
Second to second delivering clearly, epoch to epoch our memories flow by cinematic journey
An epic tale, the gates of hell will fall open before me
Passion and fury, forever surely, doesn’t feel like an end waiting for me
Benedictions passed on empty casks, wooden boxes, silk flags, death masks
Wodin/Wotan/the wooden man, the terrible creatures of the five sands
The un-seeable face of the god-head shines on from the world of the un-dead
It’s all one chain, elements will rain, it all feels different but over time it’s all the same
Beyond form, each of us gods unravelling the glittering seam
A hex on those who halt the soul’s progress, power to those who search to see
I call on the highest universal forces, storms and the seas and the galaxies
From The Seven Seas, The Four Corners! And The Galaxies, the four Winds 

Senser - Hex (Metroxylon Soul Progress Mix)

Bettika Trio - Ének a határtalanról (Weöres Sándor)

Improvizáció (a villamosra várok)

This work consist of four improvised audio pieces, that are planned to be shown in a dark square room, each placed on either corners of the room, accesible through headphones. These are reactions, eruptions of emotions at the time being that it has been recorded. The idea behind is to let the progression, the search for a response, to be naked and visible for the audience, to experience the momentary dialogue between the artist and the material, to witness the tension and release. (relevant: Francis Bacon- Blood on the floor, 1986) I personally do not have a backgrond in working with sounds or technical knowledge on musical terms. It was important for me to capture this meeting with the realm of sounds and I find value in the rawness of the final work. The search itself and the way we move are big parts of my practice.

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Jodi Rose is a nomadic artist, writer, performer and creator of Singing Bridges, an urban sonic sculpture using the cables of bridges as musical instruments on a global scale. She has traversed the globe from Helsinki to the Mekong Delta, New York to Besançon  in her endless quest for bridge music. Made with field-recordings, on-site interventions and improvisations, her fascination with bridge music has led to numerous collaborations with artists around the world. Rose continues to explore the philosophical and musical aspects of cable vibrations through global transmissions and installations; developing a musical interface for model bridge instruments; hosting on-site sonic interventions, and imagines linking bridges all over the world in a Global Bridge Symphony. 

Bridge Song in G

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