Melodies in Montreal with Musical Swings at empathiCITY exhibition
As children we all have loved playing musical chairs, I bet as grown-ups we wouldn’t mind indulging in the game again. For people living in Montreal, Canada a new kind of musical chairs, swings rather waits. ’21 balançoires’ is a giant collective instrument that emphasises on the importance of cohesiveness and teamwork. Each one of these swings individually trigger a selection of different musical notes however, when they are used together melodies begin to emerge as a result of people’s cooperation with one another. If you plan on visiting this marvellous setup developed by montreal collective daily tous les jours, you need to visit empathiCITY, making our city together’ exhibition at the 2013 biennale internationale design saint-etienne.

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