Visitors to the museum encounter a ninety-nine foot sound sculpture that first appears as a railing running the length of the gallery overlooking the harbor. The sculpture, embedded with tactile drivers, functions as a giant speaker. Sounds from the island installation quietly emanate from within the form at spatial intervals corresponding to the "depths" of the metaphoric core sample. The sculpture invites the absent-minded touch of viewers as they lean on the railing to take in the view. The soundscape is subtle, cycling through thematic sequences such that it may even be mistaken for ambient outdoor sound permeating the glass façade.
Founders Gallery - view from Boston Harbor
