“Aluminium Forest”

How it rustles and swooshes, rattles and flaps about! Over the course of two days, the Peterskapelle will be transformed into an artificial forest teeming with sounds. Katherine Balch and Ted Moore have distributed 48 handmade aluminum wind chimes throughout Lucerne’s oldest church, each individually set in motion and made to resonate by its own motor. The wind chimes also react to the movements of visitors, which are detected by small sensors, thus turning the sound installation into a performative space. The audience can participate in other ways as well. Four workshops in the Tüftelwerk will allow adults and children to craft their own wind chimes from used aluminum they bring with them, which in turn will enable this sonic forest to continue to grow.