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youtube.com — Looking like the wreckage of an Alien space craft, this Futuristic Sculpture is a collection of tubes which make the strangest sounds when the wind blows. Located in England.

Who dugg this? Made popular Feb 3, 2008

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  • bobbybobington, on 02/03/2008, -1/+72I get the feeling the "singing tree" is gonna rape me. Creepy.
  • inactive, on 02/03/2008, -1/+51Sounds ominous.
  • kpmoore, on 02/03/2008, -1/+49"I'm a cop, you idiot!"

    --YouTube comment.
  • jjpertusch, on 02/03/2008, -2/+47it sounds like wind blowing through pipes.
  • on9star, on 02/03/2008, -0/+28Looks like a frickin' tornado!
  • inactive, on 02/03/2008, -0/+28spooky
  • Kretien, on 02/03/2008, -0/+25Oh how it would sing if it met a real tornado...
  • evil-doer, on 02/03/2008, -1/+26this is actually a scale model of the first internet. then called "a series of tubes"
  • barryiggins, on 02/03/2008, -1/+20Here is more noisy sculpture, created by artist Tim Hawkinson:

    Drip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1BOyPiljb4
    Deposition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPW3weR27k
    Überorgan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvtplFR9CxM

    Überorgan, created from multiple bus-size biomorphic balloons, each with its horns tuned to a different note in an octave, is a gargantuan self-playing organ. Its musical score consists of a 200-foot-long scroll of dots and dashes encoding old hymns, pop classics, and improvisational ditties. Tim Hawkinson explains: "The score is deciphered by the organ's brain- a bank of light-sensitive switches- and then reinterpreted by a series of switches and relays that translate the original patterns into nonrepeating variations of the score.".

    Also, more info from PBS show "Art:21": http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/hawkinson/index.h ... (you should check out the video clips and interviews, too)

    If you get the chance, his stuff is even cooler if you experience it in person. Even if you aren't really interested in art.
  • Larz0rz, on 02/03/2008, -0/+19Wow, what an ***** artist. "I got these pipes. These pipes, yes. They make annoying sounds when i blow in them. OK, I need about 150 of these pipes. Alright, stick them together. I need a windy location.. Crown Point, right, right.. Alright, done." *WOOSHH WINNNHH VRANNN*
    ***** dick.
    -Youtube Comment
  • doublehead, on 02/03/2008, -1/+15very clever design :)
  • nooreazy, on 02/03/2008, -2/+14One day some aliens are gonna visit that place, and say "And i thought we were strange :| "
  • nateIT, on 02/03/2008, -0/+10i hope you get so buried
  • aceakm, on 02/03/2008, -0/+10You just copied a youtube poster, douche.
  • rentmitchum, on 02/03/2008, -0/+9But it's full of holes. I'm not going down without a rape-fight.
  • bliz, on 02/03/2008, -0/+9The sculpture my friend, is blowing in the wind.
  • MandiOLP, on 02/03/2008, -0/+8That is incredibly haunting, and incredibly brilliant.
  • dualityim, on 02/03/2008, -0/+6"this Futuristic Sculpture is a collection of tubes which make the strangest sounds when the wind blows."

    So this is a sculpture of the internets?
  • kgool, on 02/03/2008, -0/+5Strange art is very strange. Cool.
  • Dokument, on 02/03/2008, -0/+5I thought it sounded more like wind blowing across the ends of pipes.
  • thekronz, on 02/03/2008, -2/+6It's a trap!
  • theatreguy36, on 02/03/2008, -0/+4Myst anyone?
  • inactive, on 02/03/2008, -1/+5that would be freakin annoying next to your house.
  • anoopkumar, on 02/03/2008, -0/+4In India (Southern state of Karnataka) there are many man made temples where the pillars are not only made to support the roof, but play specific musical notes (not random, but classical Sa Re Ga Ma notes) as the wind blows.
    Vithala Temple (in Hampi, Karnataka) is built with 56 musical pillars that resound with musical chimes in response to the wind or even if you tap each pillar with your hand. Certainly something one would want to visit if travelling to India. The science and understanding of acoustics of an almost ancient generation is mind boggling.

    http://www.tourismofindia.com/sts/stkarheritage.ht ...
  • borez, on 02/03/2008, -0/+4On: Flue...tube
  • ZephyrNinety, on 02/03/2008, -1/+4"One day, I want to build a BEAUTIFUL sculpture in the dessert that will cause people to lose control of their bodily functions via fear!"

    "You can do anything you want if you put your mind to it, Honey!"
  • nailPuppy, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3That is neat. Sounds like an old air raid siren.
  • inactive, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3This reminds me of something H.R. Geiger was trying to do with the Alien design for the movies. In one of his beautiful Necronomicon art books, he explains that his original design was to have pipes on the backs of the aliens that were harmonically tuned. That way as long as they're in a gaseous atmosphere, they can locate each other by sound.
  • JackStowe, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3I agree. A genius work.
  • gl77, on 03/31/2008, -0/+3kind of like The Sound Garden in Seattle.......
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_Garden
    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/hart221.sh ...
  • bosssmiley, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Dugg for the atrocious pun.
  • digindrivefast, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3Incredible!!!
    I want one in my back yard!

  • Havoc737903, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3This thing reminds me of some kinda scrin building from C&C: 3.
  • FadieZ, on 02/03/2008, -0/+3If I walked up to that thing and didn't know it was a sculpture I'm pretty sure I would've pissed my pants.
  • bingo000, on 02/03/2008, -2/+4Sounds like its in pain!
  • Pinmonkey555, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2We should check to see if theres Tiberium growing in it.
  • justaboutdead, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2yeah... "next to your house"
  • birdieb23, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2Wow Burnleys on digg, shame I live 10 minutes away and have never been to see it! lol
  • PaulRay, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2LOLz!! I got that one. :o)
  • Rezzy, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2That was genuinely creepy.
  • volacide, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2Reminds me of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
  • Malevolant, on 02/03/2008, -1/+3Paris Hilton's "box" makes the same sound in the wind, but then again, it's much bigger....
  • iperalta, on 02/03/2008, -0/+2creepy...
  • benitojuarez, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1is admiral ackbar going to crash his bwing into it?
  • Tripw0l, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Yea, I'm pretty sure that I heard this thing in a Kubrick movie
  • 2shae, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Sounds like ghosts calling.
    (yeah I know what I said)
  • 2Bnor2B, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Reminds me of the sound the monolith made in "2001 Space Odyssey".
  • KamikazeeDriver, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1"The collection of tubes makes the strangest . . . .."

    so that's the internet?
  • bugaloobob, on 02/03/2008, -0/+1Played this with the Rob Base vs. Ratatat mashup for extra soundy goodness.
  • datagod, on 02/04/2008, -0/+1Like something from Lost...
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