Sail Above The Clouds
For our Civic term class, Music that Matters, we learned about music that has helped to teach, to inspire, and to ignite. During the course, we had a couple of active people in the music community come in to talk to us about the impact of music; Faiz Razi, Conan Neutron, and Fransisco Ramirez, respectively. For this Action Project, we were asked to create a proposal for My Block, My Hood, My City. Their newest project asks, "How can you make a positive impact on your neighborhood with something simple?" For my project, I'm proposing adding multiple wind-activated sail-like spinning signs, that when they spin, they trigger speakers within their base to play a small, recorded loop of Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller . Additionally, they'd have a message put across the surface of the signs relating to the song and what it protests. I’m going to be putting this musical installation at the Illinois Centennial Monument in Logan Square. This is because it’s not just physica...