29 April 2011

Wooden Xylophone and Bach in the Forest


My jaw dropped for a full 3 minutes when I saw this film featuring Bach’s Cantata 147, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” on a wooden xylophone.  It's so beautiful that it's hard to believe it's an advertisement for a Sharp Touch Wood SH-08C phone.  So to give myself peace of mind, I prefer to think of this as a gorgeous art installation that happened to have been funded by a company.  (Also, at least the phone is made of surplus wood derived from thinning trees for forest health.)  The work was designed by Invisible Designs Lab and built by Kenjiro Matsuo.  See a clip about the making of the project here and see the full piece below. 
(via excavation by spoonfuls and The 6th Floor)

 






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