My New Wilderness I Wave Organ I Driven: True Stories of Inspiration I Exploratorium

The Wave Organ is a wave-activated sound sculpture located at the end of a jetty in the San Francisco Bay. It was created by artist Peter Richards and master stonemason George Gonzalez in 1986.
The installation is an unlikely sight: a collection of curbstones and cemetery stones that appear in the Bay like an ancient ruin or a strange dream. In this unusual place of discovery and contemplation, the musical phenomenon is only part of the point.
In this video, Peter Richards, now a senior artist at the Exploratorium, shares his inspiration for creating this piece and explores its function as a theater in which many different kinds of human experiences unfold.
For more Driven: True Stories of Inspiration, please visit:
www.exploratorium.edu/driven

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Who made the music at the start of this documentary?

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+Marie Larsson That was artist Rafter Roberts.

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How come you don't show it being played by the waves. I have no idea what the sounds made with it are. Lame video.