TWO pieces of music commissioned to respond to the architecture of V&A Dundee have been revealed, in partnership with MSCTY.
Japanese composer and percussionist Midori Takada has created a soundtrack to the inside of the museum.
The music is inspired by natural materials chosen by V&A Dundee designer Kengo Kuma and focuses on the wooden panels surrounding visitors when they enter the main Locke Hall.
The composition is a celebration of creative forces joining together, creating an atmosphere to be shared with everyone welcomed into the museum.
Takada is a pioneer of ambient music and met with Kuma to discuss his architectural vision as part of her musical research.
A new composition by Dundee-based artist and musician SHHE (above) will play in the museum’s archway outside.
Based on the sounds of the water around V&A Dundee, with the music reacting to the movement of the pools and the tides, the piece is inspired by the rugged exterior of the museum architecture and its location by the River Tay.
The soundtrack “invites and encourages visitors and passers-by to experience V&A Dundee in a new way, guiding their attention to the sonic environments present in the plaza space around the museum”.
SHHE worked with artists and designers Tommy Perman and Simon Kirby on the piece of music, which interacts with light, weather and movement.
Takada’s composition will be played at 10am and 3.15pm each day inside the museum for 90 minutes, while SHHE’s installation will play in the archway beneath V&A Dundee from 4pm to 11pm each day. The project runs until next spring.
Nick Luscombe, founder and creative director of MSCTY, said: “The inside and outside of V&A Dundee feel so different but are still linked, still connected.
“Through this music I want visitors to look again at the museum, to pause and enjoy it in a completely new and different way.”
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