Sensing City: Urban Rhythms Influence a Musical Performance in Real-Time

Sensing city [levenmustercollective.com] was a live concert by an eleven-piece-ensemble which was occasionally influenced by urban rhythms, here the movement of cars outside the concert venue. As the passing cars triggered the rhythms that were being played, the city became audible through the musicians, even when the urban dwellers not knowingly were part of the composition

A city has its own rhythm that affects the life of its people and is at the same time created by them. Bus schedules, traffic lights and the turn signals of cars are familiar patterns to the citizen. This interplay between creation and inspiration forms also at the heart of the music.

Watch a short preview below. Images of the concert are available here.

Thnkx Tim.