I R O N W I N D

A radio piece for WDR - Studio Acoustic Art. Commissioned and broadcasted 2006 ©

EISENWIND consists of recordings of iron fences stretching along the Cologne Rhine river in Germany. The movement of water, wind and passing ships make the iron fences vibrate and thereby to emit subtle tones. Attaching highly sensitive contact microphones (accelerometers) on the iron Jacob Kirkegaard recorded the hundreds of meters of fences throughout a period of four years. Unfolding the resonating body of the fences is the immense force of the Rhine river acoustically brought to life.

EISENWIND is part of Kirkegaard's ongoing recording of fences along the rivers of the world.