Shaping sound: waves of music, rhythm and pause

 

Since 2017 an ongoing creative project with The Piano Shop in Bath has offered Julieann Worrall Hood the opportunity to explore shaping sound through the language of sculpture, using scrap piano parts as her raw material. Her sculpture installation Joyful Sound is made out of over 1000 piano keys. It flows through the ground floor display windows of the three Georgian buildings that make up The Piano Shop in central Bath.

In 2019, 2021 and 2022 Worrall Hood also collaborated with the Piano Shop team to create pieces for Coldplay for international performances, bringing together traditional piano making with sculpture and textiles.

Worrall Hood continues to collaborate with artists, makers and musicians on new iterations of this window installation, creating temporary interventions with this contemporary, sustainable artwork.

 
 

Joyful Sound 2022

With lighting design by Charlotte Macmillan

Joyful Sound 2022

Lighting design by Charlotte Macmillan

 

Joyful Sound: Weaving Light

2018. Intervention on existing sculpture installation. White twine and LED lights.

 

Joyful Sound: Weaving Light (Detail)

2018

 
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Joyful Sound: In the Pink

Spring/Summer 2019

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Joyful Sound: In the Pink

2019. Work in progress.

Photo Lydia Booth

 
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Joyful Sound: Pause

2019-20. Window 1

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Joyful Sound: Pause

2019-20. Window 2

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Joyful Sound: Pause

2019-20. Window 3