Piano Walk

Piano Walk
Amigo & Amigo (Australia)
Commissioned musical score by Otis Studio
Location: Marina Bay Sands Event Plaza  

With this larger-than-life piano, strangers become collaborators. What was once confined to a soloist is now spread among many hands and feet, gliding across an expanded landscape of sound.

Magnifying the carefully crafted elements that are typically hidden within a conventional piano — felt hammers, brass strings, wooden soundboards — Piano Walk plays an original composition by John McHugh (Otis Studio) every ten minutes, following visitors’ interaction with it. It then returns to silence, awaiting new visitors to step, walk or hop into the space to continue the melody.

Crafted from durable materials, its robust design enables visitors, separated by geography, to connect over time and space through the shared experience of touching the same keys. In this way, Piano Walk creates space to gather for shared communal experiences around the world.

About the artist

Founded in 2012, Amigo & Amigo specialises in the creation of permanent and temporary interactive artworks. With an extensive history, the company takes pride in having successfully delivered hundreds of projects and being featured in more than 50 light festivals worldwide.

Amigo & Amigo produces art that connects with audiences through meaningful narratives and physical interactivity, with the intention of igniting a transcending moment of lightness, joy and play. Renowned for their expertise in custom design and fabrication, they consistently deliver world-class, technology-driven projects.

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