Lavender fields, hilltop villages and spectacular rocky fjords, rosé wine and bouillabaisse, Cézanne and Van Gogh, cutting edge rap and hip-hop music, Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, pétanque, scuba diving and Olympique de Marseille: Provence is a vibrant mix of romantic tradition and surprising, fast-changing modernity. This is an insider's guide to the best of it, from a professional journalist living there.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Whistling in the Wind
Some 500 music instruments whistle in the wind
throughout this month in the sound installation Harmonic Field, in the
coastal village of Les Goudes just south of Marseille. Cellos are just part of the unconventional soundscape: it also includes bicycle wheels, bamboo pipes, Balinese wind chimes and even suspended deckchairs or bits of crackling old plastic. Click here to read more
Labels:
Arts and Culture,
Marseille
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