Norwich part 3 More around the City

Some more shots of the interesting architecture around Norwich

The Halls built on the site of the old Blackfriars 

One of the shopping arcades is especially interesting The Royal Arcade an Art Nouveau building opened on May 24th 1899 by architect George Skipper though the floor looks influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

The freezes above the shops are interesting as well

Front elevation facing The Market

Wondering around I found a very interesting installation by artist Marco Barotti which was part of the NN festival

 There were postcards around explaining the project

If you can read the text it says :

THE WOODPECKER 

The project creates an audiovisual intervention in urban and natural environments through 

the application of custom-made android birds that behave as musical instruments. They play the various frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum and reinterpret these waves with a motion pattern similar to that of the woodpecker. The birds transform the Invisible radiations used for mobile communication and wireless technology into audible and visible acoustic drumming patterns. The sonic result is a generative acoustic composition which undergoes constant transformation. A soundscape which resonates as an invading drum ensemble in the urban environment 

Some people felt that it was annoying but I found it very interesting

Sadly some people decided to touch the birds and knocked them off thier perches breaking them, whilst I was there 9 became 6.