The Southmead artist who brought pianos to Bristol's streets has started his next project; researching wind.

With a grant of £225,000, Luke Jerram and his colleagues at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research have started to build prototypes of his latest art installation at Bristol's Spike Island studios.

Resonance was inspired by Mr Jerram's trip to Iran, where he saw the wind towers of Yadz and interviewed a well digger, who told him about how the noise of the wind in the wells makes it sound as though they are sighing.

Mr Jerram's latest project investigates acoustics, wind and architecture. One result from the research will be a specially designed architectural space that will resonate and sing with the wind. The artwork will tour the UK, travelling from one windswept rural location to another, before finding a permanent home.

Mr Jerram has used materials around his home, including cardboard and a dustbin, to test with how acoustics alter with the wind.

He is now using his experiments and a major grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to explore how to make the movement of wind audible without any electrical power. The project will use Aeolian wind harps; long strings which will resonate with the wind and be heard by visitors inside the space.

From inside a structure made up of hundreds of light pipes, visitors will be able to see an ever-changing landscape of light. Kate Wake, project manager, said: "As the clouds and sun move across the sky throughout the day, the visual experience for the public will dramatically alter minute by minute, hour by hour."