Nothing is Set in Stone

"Nothing is Set in Stone" is a musical sculpture made of stones and designed by Mira Calix. The sculpture is located in nature reserve Fairlop Waters during the summer months. The sculpture is a part of the 2012 London Festival for the Cultural Olympiad.

The sculpture encourages that visitors engage with it. The sound comes through the stones, and it only happens when the sculpture is being approached. Visitors also have to walk around the sculpture to hear the sound. The sound changes depending on where the visitors approach it and how they move around it. In some cases, the visitor is encouraged to chase the sounds.

According to an interview with Wired.co.uk, Calix stated "The genius of the idea started because I'm one of those people who takes stones as souvenirs...I started to look at these stones, which appear to never change, and realised of course they are changing -- even when things are imperceptible to the eye, change is occurring." (1)

In another interview, Calix discusses why she used stones and the technical aspects of creating the sculpture (2).

For more information about 'Nothing is set in stone', visit the official website: http://www.nothingissetinstone.info/

1) Clark, Liat. Nothing is Set in Stone: Musical sculpture reacts to moving crowds. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/11/reactive-musical-stone-sculpture [11 July, 2012].

2) 200 Percent Mag. Mira Calix: Nothing is set in stone. http://200percentmag.com/2012/03/25/mira-calix-nothing-is-set-in-stone/ [25 March, 2012].