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Cars, Nature Vibrations
A Three-dimensional Sound Art Experience
A Three-dimensional Sound Art Experience
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Åke Danielsson's car cemetery,
At Åke Danielsson's car cemetery, Kyrkö Mosse in Ryd, Sweden, you can experience a strange forest landscape filled with 150 rusty car wrecks from the 1940s and 50s, slowly disintegrating into the forest floor. Since 2017, composer and sound artist Mons Niklas Schak has been captivated by the site's unique atmosphere.
Photo: Robert Fox
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A sense of dwelling in lifelong reverberation that is slowly fading out served as inspiration for this acusmatic sound installation. For years, the very particular atmosphere at Bilkyrkogården outside Ryd in Sweden has captivated me. Fundings by Statens Kunstfond, Denmark made Cars Choir possible. The installation consists of 9 specially designed vibrational loudspeaker units which serve to convert the cars into loudspeaker cabinets.
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Photo Bo Tornvig
Memoir of Symbols from the 20th Century.
The installation explores the themes of change and impermanence,
“The sound installation functions as a musical memoir for six classic car brands from the 20th century. The 20th century car represent avant-garde, personal narratives, technology, and advanced engineering,” explains Mons Niklas Schak.
“The sound installation functions as a musical memoir for six classic car brands from the 20th century. The 20th century car represent avant-garde, personal narratives, technology, and advanced engineering,” explains Mons Niklas Schak.
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Several of the cars featured in the installation have been 3D-scanned. Visitors can download the models to their smartphones and experience them in augmented reality, accompanied by sound from the exhibition, which is also available as a separate download. This makes it possible to create a personal version of the work and place it wherever you like. We also invite the public to share their recordings.
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3D Model
Make you own
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Mons Niklas Schak works with the concept of hyper-realistic sound experiences
in unique spaces and environments.
His latest release, from 2023 'Redemption Sound’, is composed and mixed in dolby atmos,
The sound and music featured in the installation are available on Apple Music and Tidal in immersive spatial audio (Dolby Atmos).
The release consists of six compositions that exist in the space between music and sound.
The recordings feature Pete Morrison on cello, Bjarke Falgren on cello, violin, and viola, Niklas Schak on piano, guitar, Lyra-8, GR-1, and organ, Randi Pontoppidan and Augusta Schak on vocals, and Nicolas Becker on Baschet Cris
in unique spaces and environments.
His latest release, from 2023 'Redemption Sound’, is composed and mixed in dolby atmos,
The sound and music featured in the installation are available on Apple Music and Tidal in immersive spatial audio (Dolby Atmos).
The release consists of six compositions that exist in the space between music and sound.
The recordings feature Pete Morrison on cello, Bjarke Falgren on cello, violin, and viola, Niklas Schak on piano, guitar, Lyra-8, GR-1, and organ, Randi Pontoppidan and Augusta Schak on vocals, and Nicolas Becker on Baschet Cris
Listen in Dolby Atmos
Composed and produced by Mons Niklas Schak
Supported By
Supported By
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4 Sound Perspectives in Virtual Reality.
is an artistic research project based on the Cars Choir installation from July 2021. Mons Niklas Schak is an Assistant Professor in Film Composition at SDMK, Copenhagen and the artistic research project is supported by
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This project is based on the sound installation *Cars Choir* from 2021 and explores how physical sound art can be recreated in virtual reality. Using immersive and spatial audio in VR, the film investigates new ways of connecting image and sound to create sensory, spatial experiences in the digital realm. The VR film is both a documentation and an artistic interpretation of the installation, where 3D audio and visual elements merge into an interactive, digital sound space. The experience is best enjoyed on Oculus Quest, as the sound is integrated with headtracking and responds dynamically to the viewer’s movements. |
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