Previously installed at the Dallas Museum of Art (07.06.2009 – 01.19.2010)

The Digital Wind Chime exercises a freedom from the conventional materials typically associated with wind chimes. I integrated digital components to enhance the function of the device and to shape the environment it is placed in. The wind chime is given emotion, expressed through sounds emitted when the environment around it changes.

The more wind present, the more excited the digital wind chime becomes–resulting in more cheerful melodies. When left alone, it becomes less excited and produces more down-beat tunes.

Photos —

Disassembled

Vacuum forming a few components

Earlier prototype component

3D sketch for free-rotating circuit design built for the prototype

Video —

Here you can download the software the Digital Wind Chime uses — press keys to emulate wind “Q” “R” and “O”