2024-11-21T13:23:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150024685/cavalry-360-imitates-forgotten-sounds-amidst-quintessential-english-landscape Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-08-26T04:00:00-04:00 >2017-08-26T21:16:03-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ia/ia3wc46m5bpgsimb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Last month, Cavalry 360&deg;, a vast site-specific musical instrument designed by NEON opened&nbsp;on the banks of the North Tyne, UK. The structure uses&nbsp;the force of 32 wind turbines to create an ever-changing sound of the cavalry moving across the landscape&mdash;horse&rsquo;s hooves hitting the ground. <br></p> <p>Arranged in a circular form to allow people to step into the work, Cavalry 360&deg;&nbsp;measures 3.5 meters high and 12 meters across. In the setting of a quintessential English landscape, the work seeks to connect the visitor to the place's long history, manifested in the preserved walls of the Roman cavalry fort.&nbsp;The constantly altering in direction and rhythm&nbsp;sound is created by beaters, the number of which represents the 500 horse that used to inhabit the site.</p> <figure><figure><a href="https://d38w84nuu9j2kr.cloudfront.net/uploads/v4/v43c1h77m6e2h4xt.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://d38w84nuu9j2kr.cloudfront.net/images/1028x/v4/v43c1h77m6e2h4xt.jpg"></a><figcaption>Photography: Lightly Frozen / English Heritage / Anthony Chappel-Ross<em>.</em></figcaption></figure></figure><p>Kevin Booth, Senior Curator at English Heritage, noted, "It is designed to connect the viewer with the environment, to invite people to look through the work at the landscape bey...</p>