The VoiceLine - is a major new artwork by Nick Ryan, commissioned by @thenorthbankbid to celebrate the history of radio and the relaunching of a newly pedestrianised Strand Aldwych.
Exactly 100 years ago today the BBC made its first scheduled broadcast from a tiny studio located on 7th Floor of Marconi House on The Strand in London using the station transmitter 2LO. This momentous occasion marked the origin of radio broadcasting in London and the beginning of 100 years of voices music and sound on the airwaves.
#TheVoiceLine is a unique instrument for voice, sound, music, and audio storytelling, shaped by the new site and spanning the length of the space (170m).
A rich programme of bespoke audio works will be performed during a daily schedule, between 8am-8pm, creating an evolving pathway of sound delivered by a line of 39 custom-built radio towers topped with highly focused speakers from leading audio manufacturer L-Acoustics.
The installation is brought to life through a unique partnership with the BBC, during its centenary year. Located close to Marconi House from where the BBC first broadcast on 14 November 1922 and running past Bush House, the former home of @bbcworldservice Service, The VoiceLine will engage the public with voices from the past, drawing on the early innovations of radio, the famous voices of the news and nation, and the multitude tongues of the BBC World Service. The Voiceline draws on the vast resources of the BBC audio archive as well as the multilayered histories of the Strand delivering a unique spatial sound work comprising archive, original recordings and compositions.
For more information and full programme visit The Voiceline official website