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In Trajan's Forum, Rome, 1991 we first extracted the melodies of
traffic as a basic compositional material. "Traffic Mantra" used
the resonating of ancient amphorae to generate pools of melodies
and harmonies in response to passing busses, cars and motorcycles
on the busy 4th di Noviembre. This sound was reintroduced realtime
at another location on the site. A solar posered planet speaker
was suspended in the archway over an old Roman Road. A focused beam
of tuned resonance played across the architectural surfaces of the
forum. This piece was suported by the Solar Energy Society, City of
Rome, and was in support of "Secrets of the Sun by Peter Erskine.

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Traffic Mantra
Rome, 1992
Odland+Auinger