Monday, 13 February 2017

Chinatown, The Pentatonic Rooster

The Pentatonic Rooster is a sculpture installed along the Dixon Street pedestrian mall in Chinatown, in the inner city suburb of Haymarket. It is inspired by traditional Chinese instruments and the five-note pentatonic musical scale. The body is a gong, the head is a cymbal, the wattle a bell, the beak and legs are flutes, the feet are piccolos and panpipes form the comb. It was created by artist Tianli Zu for the Chinese New Year Festival, who also collaborated with her composer son Andrew Zhou to compose music for this artwork. In the Chinese zodiac, every year is symbolised by an animal and this year is the Year of the Rooster.
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17 comments:

  1. weekend-windupMonday, 13 February 2017 at 02:23:00 GMT+11

    It looks colorful and different:)

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  2. CloudiaMonday, 13 February 2017 at 05:43:00 GMT+11

    What FUN!

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  3. Yogi♪♪♪Monday, 13 February 2017 at 06:45:00 GMT+11

    That is quite the beautiful combination sculpture and musical instrument.

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  4. William KendallMonday, 13 February 2017 at 06:52:00 GMT+11

    Well now, that is completely different!

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  5. Kathe W.Monday, 13 February 2017 at 10:55:00 GMT+11

    Oh my goodness- does it also makes sounds? Have a great week!

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  6. LVTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 00:59:00 GMT+11

    So many wonderful things all over the world that we cannot see. That makes a blog so nice, not there and but you can pretend.

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  7. MarciaTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 02:57:00 GMT+11

    Did you get to hear the sculpture played?

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    1. JimTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 06:22:00 GMT+11

      The artwork lit up at night and the music played then but unfortunately I was only there during the day.

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  8. Gillena CoxTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 04:45:00 GMT+11

    Lovely sculpture.
    Have a good Mondday


    much love...

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  9. Maria's SpaceTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 05:12:00 GMT+11

    Oh so very colorful!

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  10. Magical Mystical TeacherTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 05:51:00 GMT+11

    Are there sounds to go with the sights? I hope so! Happy Blue Monday to you!

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  11. JeannaTuesday, 14 February 2017 at 11:57:00 GMT+11

    I love this.

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  12. Photo(Geo)grapherWednesday, 15 February 2017 at 01:03:00 GMT+11

    What interesting sculpture. Cool photo

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  13. AnonymousThursday, 16 February 2017 at 03:53:00 GMT+11

    sweet post.

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  14. AriannaThursday, 16 February 2017 at 07:02:00 GMT+11

    Very cool sculptures! Arianna

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