Sound Sculptures for Architectural Spaces - 1981 to 2018

by Bill Fontana

Since the late 70's I have been creating installations that use sound as a sculptural medium to interact with and transform our perceptions of architectural settings. These have been installed in public spaces and museums around the world.

On this page the projects are in descending chronological order beginning with Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (San Francisco 1981) and ending with Sonic Mappings (Rome 2014). Each of these projects explored different ways to redefine, extend, create anew and activate the acoustic meaning of a built environment.

Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns - San Francisco -1981

All Things Considered Feature-1981

The return of Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns, 2018

Sound Sculpture with a Sequence of Level Crossings, Oakland, 1982

Oscillating Steel Grids along the Brooklyn Bridge, One World Trade Center, New York,1983

Distant Trains - Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin, 1984

Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate - SFMOMA -1987

Cologne San Francisco Sound Bridge - West German Radio - NPR - EBU

Acoustic Views - Art Gallery of NSW - Sydney - 1988

Landscape Soundings, Art History and Natural History Museums, Vienna, 1990

Vertical Water - Whitney Museum of American Art - New York, 1991

Sound Island - Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 1994

Acoustical Visions of Venice - Venice Biennale - 1999

Musical Network - Lyon Lite Rail System - 2001

Falling Echoes, New York, 2002

Speeds of Time - Palace of Westminster - London -2004

Harmonic Bridge - Tate Modern Turbine Hall - London - 2006

Speeds of Time , Tate Britain and BBC, London - 2008

Panoramic Echoes - Madison Square Park - New York - 2007

Pigeon Soundings - Kolumba Museum - Cologne - 2007

Spiraling Echoes - San Francisco City Hall Rotunda - 2009

River Sounding Walk Through with 64 Channel Sound Mix

Sonic Shadows - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - 2011

Sonic Shadows Secret Sound Source Tour

SOARING ECHOES - Pritzker Pavillion - Millennium Park - Chicaggo 2012

Essay by Susan Snodgrass of the Art Institute of Chicago on Soaring Echoes

Silent Echoes - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow - 2013

Vertical Echoes at the Imperial War Museum Manchester -BBC documentary

Sonic Mappings - MAXXI - Rome - 2014

SHADOW SOUNDINGS AT MAAT IN LISBON 2017-2018