A house façade in Neustadt Kunsthofpassage, Dresden, Germany
boasts of an intricate and crazy looking system of drains tubes and funnels
which reportedly create music when it rains. The Musical wall was created by its
residents Annette Paul (sculptor) and Christoph Rossner and André Tempel
(designers).
Built in 1999 this amazing architecture has made the location
one of the prime spots for the tourists in the city.
Note: Although many websites have reported that these artfully created drains
make musical sound when rain water runs down the drain pipes, but I couldn't
find any video/audio file of the actual musical notes created during the rains.
In the YouTube given at the end of this post, my non-musical ears couldn't hear
any sound of music. I could hear only the normal sound of rain. To me at least
the house facade is more of visual art than audible art. Music or not, the
façade is one of the coolest I have seen.
Image from Flickr is by Nguyen Tan Tin
Image from Wikimedia Commons is by TOMMES-WIKI
Note: The rainwater sound starts at 00:50 seconds.
Source of info and more info:
- Mail Online - "Singing in the rain! Building that plays music whenever the heavens open..."
- Atlas Obscura - "When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument."
- inhabitat.com - "Funky Blue 'Court of Water' Wall Plays Music When It Rains"
I couldn’t hear music? Was I suppose to?
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned in my Notes in the post I also couldn't hear any musical sound though as per the websites listed at the end of the post, the instruments make sounds when it rains.
ReplyDeleteI also found another YouTube in which there is musical sound but I think the music in this YouTube is superimposed music and not the music produced by these musical intrumrnts.
Check it out at this link