THE SINGING RINGING TREE DOCUMENTARY * www.bradley.tv The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine hill range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England. Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area. Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3-metre tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each. In 2007, the sculpture won (along with 13 other candidates) the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for architectural excellence.

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1. anybody gonna check on that sheep?
2. mask off fuck yo mask off percocet molly percocet
3. Thank you for the informative, information-packed documentary
4. Funny how 70% of the comment say the resonating sounds are creepy. It is the sound of geometry, mathematics with only nature to play its tune.
5. awesome place to visit. if ya get the chance it's a lovely drive out there n the sound can be chilling.
6. so creepy... scaring all the poor living creatures in the surrounding area....
7. Sheep: nice noise pollution stupid human.
8. spooky!
9. Sound kinda creepy. I wouldn't like to live there, would imagine nights would be freaky with that echoing everywhere.
10. Those poor sheep.
11. This is the sound of a pissed off Mother Earth. "Dammit humans I can make my own music!"
12. Lol , so they ruined a beautiful land of nature and call it "art" .......
13. This is how a perfect quiet and tranquil landscape was transformed into a hell :-(( Would'nt like to live in the neighbourhood :-((
14. more just sounds than music. but pretty and relaxing. though. I would be terrified if I heard this at night or chanced upon it unsuspectingly. I bet you it takes animals some getting used to too. my cats freak out at weird noises.
15. This is horrible! a scare for nature! :(
16. I thought this was a documentary
17. DAMN KIDS >:( always getting into shit.
18. well that's scary.........
19. I kinda like it, I could listen to it all day
20. hey i like this sound