Wasserklang Modulsystem - Test Run #1

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"'Wasserklang Modulsystem' is a water powered multichannel sound installation.
A big water wheel in the forge of Berlin's Technikmuseum drives eight mechanical music boxes, each playing a different song. They are connected by a several hundred meter long rope which makes a zig-zag course through the little forest and alongside the rail track.

The installation was produced by La belle Imira and Niklas Roy for Berlin's Museum Night 2011.

http://www.niklasroy.com
http://www.labelleimira.com
http://www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de"

http://www.niklasroy.com/articles/109/wasserklang-modulsystem-test-run-1

Some additional info via Niklas:
"The "Wasserklang Modulsystem" connects eight music box mechanisms via a several hundred meter long rope with a huge water wheel. The looped rope snakes over plenty of pulleys through the garden of the Museum of Technology. The music boxes are connected to some of the pulleys and cover the garden in a beautiful sound cloud.

The water wheel is part of the Museum of Technology's old forge. It was formerly used to drive the massive hammers inside the forge, but since several years it only spins for decorative purpuses. This year's Museum Night is themed with "music", so we decided to give the water wheel a new purpose as conductor of a music box orchestra."