April 25, 2008
Soundgarden
Most sculptures are meant to be seen. But this month Tufts University unveils a sculpture designed to be heard.
"Harmony in the Age of Noise," which will be installed on the roof of the university's library, is a little tricky to describe. Its creators call it a "sonic observation post." Tufts's efforts to explain what that means involve opaque terms like "parabolic gazebo" and "psychoacoustic maps."
Basically, it will be a structure under which visitors can listen to sounds
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