Sound Artist Nathaniel Mann talks about 'Pigeon Whistles'
Channel: Ry Gibson Moss
Date: 21/06/2013

Here sound artist and composer Nathaniel Mann talks about how he pigeons and old film canisters are making beautiful music in his work 'Pigeon Whistles'.

Today, Friday 21 June 2013, we visited Audible Forces which is taking place as part of the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival.

Six sound artists have created kinetic, sonic sculptures which capture the power of the wind to either create the sound or drive the mechanisms of the instruments, or both. 

The installation is in turns amusing, ethereal, beautiful and sonically satisfying. The view from the crest of Greenwich Park Hill just adds to the experience, offering a feast for the eyes as well as ears.
 
You can hear my recording of a walk around Audible Forces here:

http://audioboo.fm/boos/1462696-an-audio-walk-through-audibleforces-in-greenwich-park

I met one of the artists, Nathaniel Mann, and he told me about his project 'Pigeon Whistles' which he has developed whilst working as the Embedded Composer in Residence at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. See: http://pittriversmann.blogspot.co.uk/

Nathaniel introduces us to the work, to Pigeon Pete and the beautiful Birmingham Rollers (who are the pigeons!).

For more information about Audible Forces in Greenwich:
http://www.festival.org/festival/events/programme/11/2013/#audible-forces

For more about Nathaniel:
http://nathanielmann.co.uk/

To visit my blog: http://lucybannister.tumblr.com