As cars and pedestrians traveled over the Fremont Bridge this past weekend they were able to hear the premier of Ballard resident and Seattle artist-in-residence Kristen Ramirez’s audio composition, Bridge Talks Back.

At the Saturday, Sept. 26 event, Bridge Talks Back volunteers, marched up and down the bridge with signs depicting words and phrases featured in Ramirez’s three-minute audio composition, which she worked on over the summer.

Her completed piece will be played through the bridge’s sound system during daytime bridge openings.

“The sound collage included clips of boat horns, bird songs, bridge bells and more,” according to a press release from the Seattle Department of Transportation. “People waiting for the bridge to open will also be able to dial a phone number (posted on road signs) to hear a version of the soundscape, which will include residents’ recorded musings about the bridge.”

Ramirez said she is now relieved that her project is complete and excited at how extraordinary it came out.

“I want people to have a connection to an everyday place,” she said. “I am proud of the integration of everything, the sounds the stories and people here today.”

In June, Ramirez was chosen by Seattle's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs to serve as the artist-in-residence in the tower during the summer to create a $20,000 public art piece.

Ramirez’s audio composition will be featured at the Fremont Bridge for the next six months.