Gift of Pat and Tom Gipson
These interactive, kinetic benches have mechanical parts that play humming and harmonizing sounds when they are rocked or rotated. As the people on the musical benches begin to move together, the sounds combine to create a calming soundscape. A soundscape is the mixture of different sounds that are heard in a particular place.
Rocking has been known to induce a state of daydreaming, proven to lessen stress and anxiety, while opening up the mind to be more intuitive, imaginative at finding solutions by simply letting go for a while.
Daily tous les jours
Daily tous les jours is an art and design studio based in Montreal, Canada. The studio was co-founded by Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat in 2010. They work together to create projects that combine interactive art and urban design. Their work explores human cooperation in public spaces.
We create collective human experiences for public spaces. Strangers need strange moments together.
Daily tous les jours
The studio’s works encourage interaction with the art installation and with each other. They use technology to create opportunities for play. Another work by this studio, Musical Swings, is located near Daydreamer: Kinetic Benches. Both of these interactive playground structures produce sound and light.
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