Acoustic construction site, hearing sites, Acoustic City guided tours
The Swiss composer, musician and sound architect Andres Bosshard sees himself as a gardener cultivating sounds in an everyday urban noise environment. The versatile artist is engaged in noise research, developing acoustic installations and cooperating with landscape architects and designers of free space in large-scale projects.
His best known works are “Power station dam in Fusio” and the acoustic design for Swiss Expo 2002 in Biel by coop himmelb(l)au, where he built an island of contemplation amid the exhibition’s hubbub.
For Acoustic City Bosshard is going to install a sound construction site in summer 2009, which will be a prototype showing how to deal intelligently with noise. Hearing sites within Linz’s urban space will be part of a guided tour and visitors will have Bosshard as an expert guide to the sensory experience the sites offer.
