installations :: sound design :: music
Glittering Grove
November-December 2023
Glittering Grove is an enchanting walk through the woods. Thousands of specks of light dance across trees and the paths creating an enveloping world of glittering loveliness. Stroll for one hundred metres through a slightly disorientating woodland cosmos. The piece was commissioned by Stellar Projects for Nightfall 2023 in Middlesbrough, NE England. The music for Nightfall is by Roma Yagnik.
Singing Drumlin
January 29th - October 1st
Bowber Head Nature Reserve
Ravenstonedale,
Cumbria
This will be the first outing of a new set of 8 aeolian sound sculptures built over the summer of 2023 by Bob Fisher and I.
The installation had been planned for Smardale Gill Viaduct, a dramatic 90’ high, 14 arch disused viaduct near Kirkby Stephen but due to ongoing resurfacing works, this was not possible.
The Drumlin at Bowber Head is a great location. All the pieces will be transported by tractor and trailer up a drumlin, a rounded hill formed by the movement of glacial is sheets.
On Friday night the instruments will be illuminated with battery powered lighting.
It’s a windy spot with views of the Howgills and Baugh Fell. There are pubs in nearby Ravenstonedale.
Please wear wellies or boots and coats. We will be setting up on the tail end of storm Agnes so it could be wet and windy - but windy is what we want :-).
New Aeolian Sound Sculptures
Designed and made by Dan and a team from Sound Intervention. The instruments make acoustic sounds as the wind blows across them. This film shows four instruments; anemomephone, direction harp, drum harp and timpani harp. At night the pieces are illuminated with rechargeable battery powered lighting. Commissioned in March 2022 by Walk The Plank for a UK- wide tour May-September with Green Space Dark Skies, a series of mass gatherings, which celebrate nature, our responsibility to protect it and everyone’s right to explore the countryside. Using low impact lights, creating magical, memorable moments outdoors. Green space Dark Skies is commissioned by UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, the ground breaking UK-wide celebration of creativity in 2022
Welcome to the website of Dan Fox, Director of Sound Intervention. Sound artist, musician, film-maker and installation creator based in south Cumbria, England. I have been a freelancer for 30 years and before that I grew up on-the- road with Welfare State International. I formed Sound Intervention Ltd. in 2008. The company works on diverse projects often outdoors in public spaces with a network of visual artists, makers, musicians and technicians.
Please have a look around the site. The installations, band, BoomBikes and Projector Bikes are available to hire for festivals and events. We love creating new content for the unique sound and projection systems that Sound Intervention have created over the past 14 years.
