Many, perhaps most, visitors to Sydney (and even some who live here) don’t know about the art installation in Angel Place in the heart of Sydney. It comprises 120 empty birdcages suspended in the air. It’s called Forgotten Songs and was designed by Michael Thomas Hill. As you stand underneath, speakers in the birdcages play recordings of the songs of 50 bird species that once lived in central Sydney, before they left when the city was developed. At night, the birdsong changes to the nighttime sounds of night birds. The names of the birds are engraved on the ground under the cages. The artwork was created in 2009 and is a dramatic and pleasing contrast to the normal city soundscape.

Forgotten Songs