A melodious activation by Takt Project for a sound design festival in Japan earned a FRAME Award for its interactive take on exhibition space.
For the 2021 edition of the Sound Design Festival in Hamamatsu, Japan – a member of the UNESCO Cities of Music Network – Takt Project brought to life the edition’s theme: the forms of communication created with sound. To visualize the often unseen vibrations that accompany acoustic transmission – and to maximize the significance of the festival’s physicality – Takt based its design on telephone lines. A spiderweb of coloured strings connected the phones, traversing an arena formed by seven staircases, which doubled as viewing points for central sound performances. By using no wall or floor fixings, Takt ensured its design is highly portable and can be reused in the future – a factor our jury applauded.
Learn what the Grand Jury has to say about the project below: