Montreal-based artist Herman Kolgen works with many kinds of media, usually at the crossroads of performing and digital arts. Kolgen’s artwork revolves around spatiality and plays with both varied technological languages as well as different types of interactivity. His work has been showcased at quite a few festivals and digital art exhibitions, and he has already been asked to participate in the 2011 Nemo festival this fall in Paris.Urban Wind is one of his more recent works. It is quite representative of Kolgen’s research on sound and space, and his approach to plasticity. This work is part of a series named Windfields, a recent string of works that explore wind dynamics through the use of meteorological sensors scattered across an urban area.Kolgen elaborates on the mechanics of Urban Wind: “Velocity and wind direction are harvested and analysed. The data is then sent via wi-fi to an accordion ensemble, emitting a euphonic and evolving audio landscape. People can listen to this breathing dynamic in real time. All musical harmonies are created by the wind.”Urban Wind premiered last year at the Incheon Internation Digital Arts festival.