Sound walk
The 8-mile Musical Instrument on the Wells to Glastonbury section of the Inverness to Santiago Pilgrimage Route features nine stone waymarkers with bronze bells tuned to create a complete musical scale. Designed by sculptor Barry Cooper and musician Laurence Parnell, each bell is housed in a carved niche and can be rung by dropping a small pebble.
This is an 8 mile long Musical Instrument commissioned by Sustrans for the Inverness to Santiago Pilgrimage Route for Cyclists and Walkers. It was conceived designed and constructed by Sculptor Barry Cooper and Musician/Artist Laurence Parnell.
The instrument consists of 9 stone Waymarkers on the Wells to Glastonbury section in Somerset. Inside carved niches in each stone is a bronze bell supported on a bronze scissor arch tuned to individual notes to make a complete musical instrument over the 8 mile journey from the mote around the Bishops Palace in Wells to the base of Glastonbury Tor.
Each bell can be made to ring by a small pebble.
APA style reference
Cooper, B. (1998).
Syrens.
walk · listen · create.
https://walklistencreate.org/walkingpiece/syrens/
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