Sounds Of Sea

2011
Sounds of Sea
Design: COMPANY (Aamu Song & Johan Olin)
Assistant: Minna Koskinen (CAD work)
Client: City of Auckland, New Zealand
Manufacturer: HSM Steel, New Zealand
Project manager: Terry Urbahn / Public Art Team, Auckland.
Location: Jellicoe Harbour, Auckland
Material: stainless steel, fuel paint
Design: 2009–2011

Sounds Of Sea is a set of sculptures streching along the waterfront of Jellicoe harbour in Auckland city. The typology of the pieces is a reminder to the history of the site, and its on-going role, as an active harbour. The airventilation funnels and speaking tubes used on ships are re-interpretated into sculptures that deliver the sounds of the sea underneath. The largest of the sculptures serve as places to sit in.

06.08.2011. Opening of the Waterfront, Auckland. View of site 1.

06.08.2011. View of site 1. (photo: Auckland City).

06.08.2011. View of site 1 (photo: Auckland City)..

06.08.2011. View of site 2.

06.08.2011. View of site 2 (photo: Auckland City).

06.08.2011. View of site 1. (photo: Auckland City).

06.08.2011. View of site 1.

View of site 1. (photo: Auckland City)

View of site 2. (photo: Auckland City)

View of site 3. (photo: Auckland City)

View of site 1. (photo: Auckland City)

06.08.2011. View of site 3.

06.08.2011. View of site 1.

06.08.2011. View of site 2.

06.08.2011. View of site 3.

06.08.2011. Opening ceremony.
The Landmark Foundation representatives, Johan, Aamu and Rob Garret (in the middle) who MC'd the days programme (photo: Auckland City). We feel honored that ’Sounds of Sea’ received a grant from the Landmark Foundation.

04.08.2011. Installing the sculptures on site 1.

04.08.2011. Fili working on site 2.

04.08.2011. Lee and Craig underneath site 2.

04.08.2011. Finishing up installation on site 2.

03.08.2011. Visiting paint shop in Auckland.

03.08.2011. Meet the makers (from left): Aamu, Stewart, Greg, Steven, Craig and Terry.

07.2011. Polished type 1 sculpture waiting to be delivered to paint shop. HMS Steel factory, Auckland.

07.2011. Type 3 sculptures ready for paint.

06.2011. Steven test sitting type 1 sculpture at HMS Steel factory, Auckland.

05.2011. Manufacturing of the sculptures starts with HMS Steel in Auckland.

12.2010. lllustration of site 1.

12.2010. lllustration of site 2.

12.2010. 2nd set of drawings are are finished and delivered to Auckland.

11.2010. Small scale model of type 1 sculpture.

11.2010. Painting of the small scale model in Lepsämä, Finland.

11.2010. Making of the small scale model in Selki-Asema, Finland.

11.2010. Auckland. Visiting on site with 1:1 scale models.

11.2010. Greg, Terry and Johan in search for the optimal locations for the sculptures.

10.2010. 1st set of technical drawings are delivered to Auckland.

10.2010. Planning the manufacturing technique with Minna, Ari and Ole.

10.2010. Studies for the shapes of the sculptures.

10.2010. Listening to the sounds of sea.

09.2010. Visiting MKT-Steel in Järvenpää, Finland.

05.2010. Sounds Of Sea is chosen to be realized and in late summer 2010 we start working for developed designs.

12.2009. Back in Finland we put together our proposal ’Sounds Of Sea’. Here are first scale models of the sculptures.

11.2009. We are invited to visit Auckland and to participate in a competition looking for a new public art work for the Jellicoe harbour in Auckland city. In late 2009 we head for a site visit to New Zealand.