Listen to the Moon was a project awarded the first place prize in the 2024 Museum of Outdoor Art Design Competition on the topic of Land Art and Celestial Architecture. I collaborated with Stevie Pearlman, another student in the CU Denver Landscape Architecture Program and also a bandmate, to leverage our shared musical language and knowledge.

The installation features a glass chamber which visually indicates the tidal patterns generated by the lunar orbit and allows one to aurally experience them through a set of acoustic pipes that register the rise and fall of the tidal level below, producing a changing tonal chorus. The installation is situated on a coastal bluff in New Zealand that offers phenomenal panoramic views of the night sky. A concrete formed with local rock material was used in three distinct pours with different levels of aggregate exposure. The closer to the ocean, the coarser the aggregate, meant to honor the erosive effect of the waves. The whole construction process was outlined and a cost study was completed to ensure feasibility.