weather station - sound sculpture at the London Underground

Weather Station' is a site specific sound installation for the London Underground.The functioning principle of the sound sculpture is based on the interaction between wind and the installment. The 'Weather Station' requires no external source of power, the only source of power is the wind which is triggering the sounds.

The wind occurrence in some of the tube stations and the qualities of it that we have observed promised an opportunity for a piece of art that would be unique and related to the conditions of the Underground environment only. The various sound sculptures previously created by other artists explored the opportunities of random wind, whereas here the wind is 'limited' to being scheduled and bidirectional.

The 'Weather Station' is the name of the project and suggests a humorous comparison of natural and manmade forces and a need for forecasting.
The forecasting comes as an unexpected sound message produced through the process of the wind flow passing the channels of the sound sculpture. Changes in the level and the harmony of the sound informs about the approaching train.

The aim of a real weather observation station is to record the meteorological data and atmospheric changes. Here the aim is to sonify the wind related data and its changes and turn it into music.

Installed on the 16th of May, 2009 at the Tooting Bec underground station, London Lina Lapelyte & Mantas Sauja  2009