Speaking Willow

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
2020

Speaking Willow is a permanent sculpture composed of 365 suspended speakers with LEDs which activate once a visitor is positioned underneath them.
It is made of bent aluminium tubing and contains 3.6 miles of cable as well as 365 unique language recordings.

This piece is a permanent installation at the Planet Word Museum, Washington, DC.

Project management and industrial design: Rebecca Murdock
Software: Caroline Record
Electronics: Stephan Schulz, Pipo Pierre-Louis
Production and Installation Support: UAP Company
In-house Production Support: Pierre Fournier, Frederic Monast, Jesse Morrison, Matthew Palmer

Speaking Willow

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 2020

Speaking Willow is a permanent sculpture composed of 365 suspended speakers with LEDs which activate once a visitor is positioned underneath them. It is made of bent aluminium tubing and contains 3.6 miles of cable as well as 365 unique language recordings.

This piece is a permanent installation at the Planet Word Museum, Washington, DC.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
2020

Speaking Willow is a permanent sculpture composed of 365 suspended speakers with LEDs which activate once a visitor is positioned underneath them.
It is made of bent aluminium tubing and contains 3.6 miles of cable as well as 365 unique language recordings.