Approaching the Sonic Sphere, a one-of-a-kind concert hall now installed at The Shed in the Hudson Yards, one feels like you're entering the future, or possibly a previously unknown planet.
Cinematic in its scope, the 65 foot diameter sphere floats suspended in the air — 34 feet off the the ground — and is accessed by a 50 step climb . It wouldn’t be surprising to suddenly hear the “Star Wars” theme as you near the structure .
Chances are, however, that the audience of 250 people immersed in the experience have no idea that the whole thing began in a bedroom in London with a spark of inspiration from Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Kugelauditorium, a spherical concert hall created in 1970.Looking up at the top of the sphereEd Cooke, described as the “impresario” of the team responsible for this iteration of the project, first created a version of the sphere in April of 2021.
“The heart of this project is community,” he further explains. The collaborative team includes Merijn Royaards Nicholas Christie and Polina Zakh , among others.
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