About the Artist TeamĪward-winning filmmaker and media artist Scott Amos and composer, sound designer and software engineer David Parfit have worked together at Monkey C Interactive to create nearly a dozen interactive installations. The City's Art on Parkades initiative includes the musical railing at Bastion Square Parkade, the Centennial Square Parkade mural series, and the upcoming Wo v en Together contemporary First Nations artwork for the exterior of the Johnson Street Parkade. There is also the potential to invite local musicians, composers and poets to create sounds for each flight of stairs.Ĭurrently, the railings have sounds created by local artists Jules Uno and David Parfit, and France-based artist CloZee.Įnhancing City parkades to make them more welcoming was identified during public consultation in 2014 as a way to improve the parking experience downtown. The programmed sounds can be changed to correspond with seasonal themes, such as bird song in the spring, jazz samples or chords during JazzFest in the summer, and seasonal music during the Christmas holidays. The lighting effects are more visible at night. When hands touch the railing sensors, sounds play through speakers on each level and LED lights illuminate the railing, creating a unique experience for those who take the stairs. The back stairwell railing at Bastion Square Parkade has been installed with sensors that create a different sound and light effect on each floor.
Local artists Scott Amos and David Parfit were selected in the City's Art on Parkades competition to create an interactive musical railing to enhance the parking facility. Bastion Square Parkade Stairwell Public Art Musical Interactive Railingīastion Square Parkade now provides an unexpected interactive musical experience for those coming and going, or looking for fun downtown.
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