3.4.11

Forest Art, Music and Awe

This amazing kinetic art in Japan’s woodlands of Kyushu is a commercial for- well, you’ll see... but suffice to say it is amazing and you’ll want to watch it twice and if your monkeys are anything like mine- maybe thrice.
Done by Drill Inc, a Japanese advertising agency it features a wooden ball going down a marimba.  The sound that you hear is not superimposed but rather naturally produced. 
I love that the product is made from only discarded wood, I love that the beauty of the forest is enhanced with the natural marimba and I love the melody of Bach’s Cantata 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.  
The instrument was made by Kenjiro Matsuo at Invisible Design Lab.




Dare you to watch it once!

7 comments:

tulpen said...

Brilliant! And so gorgeous. One of my favorites melodies.

Off to watch, and listen again.

Getrealmommy said...

I can't imagine how long it took for someone to pull this off. Amazing. Where do you find this stuff?

Nat said...

Genius! I am so impressed with the precision and planning that must have gone into designing that instrument!

Pet said...

It has been a long time since I had watched such an outstanding commercial before!

Clair said...

Your right, I watched three times and then shared it with others.
Brilliant commercial. How many times before you tire of seeing it?
Clair

Valarie said...

Amazing. I've watched three times now and I know that when I show it to "O" he will want to build one. This is just phenomenal in it's concept and execution.

Shari said...

Simply amazing, one of my most favorite melodies.

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