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~ go find your own sonic narrative through layers of sounds recorded from the city, then processed, slowed and relocated into layers of shifting harmonies rooted around Bonn’s resonant frequencies and the vibrations of the human body. Designed to frame the changing sonic narrative already present on the streets, zu Bong, more than any other sonic bike work so far, enables listening, interacting with the city’s day and its changing sonic architecture.
zu Bong is a sonic bike work made for and from Bonn. Mapped to the city’s centre streets from Oxfordstrasse in the North to Botanische Garten in the south, the river Rhine in the east to Wittelsbacherring in the west, visitors were invited to come take out a bike and cruise through the streets to hear them transformed by the journey they decided to take.
zu Bong was conceived and composed by Matthews after a 10 day April residency in Bonn 2014. It was commissioned by Carsten Seiffarth for bonn hoeren festival 2014 , and was made with Dave Griffiths and the Bicrophonic Research Institute. Sonic bikes were available FREE for audience/visitors to come ride from 12.6. – 22.6.14
