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Artist Shome Burua presents 'Standing Wave' acoustic installation to address urban heat in Phoenix

3702791 · June 6, 2025
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Artist Shome Burua described Standing Wave, an acoustic-ecology installation that uses sunlight-responsive circuits and synthetic birdlike sounds as part of the Sombra Initiative projects aimed at addressing extreme urban heat in Phoenix, Arizona.

Shome Burua, artist, presented Standing Wave, an acoustic-ecology installation he said is part of the Sombra Initiative and one of nine national artist projects addressing extreme urban heat in Phoenix, Arizona.

Burua said the installation has two elements: a sculptural layer “built to resemble sound waves” and a set of small devices he called “eco acoustic…

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