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THE
SINGING
RINGING
TREE
IS
A
WIND
POWERED
SOUND
SCULPTURE
RESEMBLING
A
TREE
SET
IN
THE
LANDSCAPE
OF
THE
PENNINE
MOUNTAIN
RANGE
OVERLOOKING
BURNLEY,
IN
LANCASHIRE.
COMPLETED
IN
2006,
IT
IS
PART
OF
THE
SERIES
OF
FOUR
SCULPTURES
WITHIN
THE
PANOPTICONS
ARTS
AND
REGENERATION
PROJECT
CREATED
BY
THE
EAST
LANCASHIRE
ENVIRONMENTAL
ARTS
NETWORK
(ELEAN).
THE
PROJECT
WAS
SET
UP
TO
ERECT
A
SERIES
OF
21ST-CENTURY
LANDMARKS,
OR
PANOPTICONS
(STRUCTURES
PROVIDING
A
COMPREHENSIVE
VIEW),
ACROSS
EAST
LANCASHIRE
AS
SYMBOLS
OF
THE
RENAISSANCE
OF
THE
AREA.
DESIGNED
BY
ARCHITECTS
MIKE
TONKIN
AND
ANNA
LIU
OF
TONKIN
LIU,
THE
SINGING
RINGING
TREE
IS
A
3
METRE
TALL
CONSTRUCTION
COMPRISING
PIPES
OF
GALVANISED
STEEL
WHICH
HARNESS
THE
ENERGY
OF
THE
WIND
TO
PRODUCE
A
SLIGHTLY
DISCORDANT
AND
PENETRATING
CHORAL
SOUND
COVERING
A
RANGE
OF
SEVERAL
OCTAVES.
SOME
OF
THE
PIPES
ARE
PRIMARILY
STRUCTURAL
AND
AESTHETIC
ELEMENTS,
WHILE
OTHERS
HAVE
BEEN
CUT
ACROSS
THEIR
WIDTH
ENABLING
THE
SOUND.
THE
HARMONIC
AND
SINGING
QUALITIES
OF
THE
TREE
WERE
PRODUCED
BY
TUNING
THE
PIPES
ACCORDING
TO
THEIR
LENGTH
BY
ADDING
HOLES
TO
THE
UNDERSIDE
OF
EACH.