Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Sawteyat, which means phoentics or the Science of Sound
It is a sound installation on the street
The idea is not to have music but only sound
and for people to get to know the idea of a sound installation which is around but very far from the street
I've been manually cutting and making the instruments for a month or so
They are mainly aluminuim and copper of different heights
and I change equations to create certain frequencies
they basically all make 5 notes which are in harmony
the idea started when one day I was with Ayman Asfour
Ayman Asfour is a violin player and academic I highly respect
He told me that the first time he saw a real life violin he was on his second year of University
for me this was a shock
At the same time when I was going home in a Taxi and I had a guitar
the driver started talking to me about religion and music
This was the day I got the idea that I don't want music
I want the instruments to be on the street, but not have me or anyone else play
It the factor of nature and wind that would play
With the idea that nothing will stop the sound or music that exists in nature
the quickest people to react to the project
and who liked the idea, were the children
In my personal opinion, that is because kids still don't have fear or shyness
that's why they like the project
For older people, a lot of people find the idea strange
"Why are you doing this?"
"Is there going to be a concert in the evening?"
I tell them "No there is no concert at night, the concert is now, the wind is playing"
Some people find this crazy, others think it's beautiful
The project's idea is "Sounds" not music
that's why I've hung the guitar as a symbol of music
or it is committing suicide, and the rest of the instruments are producing sound
even if there is no performer there is sound
there is harmony in the world and nature will have that whether people like it or not