Public benches are normally meant for sitting down for a rest, reading a newspaper or simply watching people coming and going. On 12 April there will be an unusual addition to the bench population of our district, benches complete with mp-3 players run by solar panels.   

Sonic Vista consists of a series of 10 unique, hand-made public benches, especially adapted to incorporate sound and visual art. Two of these will be placed at a lighthouse. The Sonic Vista benches have been designed as a coproduction between Nuproductions and British musician/designer Mil Stricevic. The benches are developed and hand-made in cooperation with the Randaberg company Ranso AS. They are one hundred per cent environmentally friendly and made from quality timber from Rogaland.

Geir Jenssen/Biosphere has made the sound-track "Snurp 1937" for the Utsira lighthouse.
David Toop has composed the sound-track for the Eigerøy lighthouse.

This is a cooperation with the Stavanger2008 project: A World of Sound.

The benches are inaugurated at the Utsira lighthouse on 3 May at 1 p.m., and will remain on location until the end of February 2009.

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