Wind Tunnel Bulletin #13 [electronic resource].

ZHdK 2021

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The high art of kite flying in Asia goes back centuries, if not millennia. Many of these traditional kites are also musical instruments, and articulate the wind in sounds. This issue of our bulletin is dedicated to sound kites, which we juxtapose with the silent European box kites of the late 19th century and our present-day further development: Triple Instruments, in which not only the kite sounds but also the string on which it flies and the ground instrument through which its line is passed. Together with Patrick Müller, we reflect on such music-making with a natural player and print the first draft of a piece of sonic fiction by Antoine Chessex; a new genre through which he seeks to promote listening through language. But that’s not all: while reading, you can listen to a radio program that Fabian Gutscher has composed especially for this issue and that can be synchronized with the print edition. (Just scan the QR Code below or go to worldwidewind.org). Follow the sound of turning pages or simply your own curiosity. Open your ears and ahoy!
https://www.librarystack.org/wind-tunnel-bulletin-13/?ref=unknown

Technology and the arts
Artists' writings
Design
Field Recording
Earth sciences
Sound
Sound in art

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Florian Dombois
Fabian Gutscher
Krispin Heé
Mirjam Steiner
Antoine Chessex
Patrick Müller
Viola Zimmermann
Mark Kyburz