This paper
discusses
work which changes our perception
s of the
built environment, and uses as examples
two
sound
installations,
Machines for Singing
(2006)
and
Torch Song
(2011)
, which are
designed to make audible hidden forces and events within the
fabric of a building and to disrupt our preconce
ived ideas o
f a
r-
chitecture
.
Continuing a long lineage of soundart works which
engage with architectural space, the pieces stream sounds collec
t-
ed from around a
building
to a listening point.
By hearing the
effect of human and environmental forces on the sounds (
M
a-
chin
es for Singing
) or controlling them via a custom
-
made inte
r-
face (
Torch Song
), visitors gain a renewed understanding of the
forces at play within the structure
s
around them
