While living in Germany during the summer of 2023, I collected audio samples from the Berlin Wall by attaching a contact microphone to the exposed rebar of the original sections of wall and then hitting the rebar with my finger. The resulting resonant sounds resembled the bells that regularly chime around Europe. I arranged the sounds in intervals based on standard carillon peals used at times of celebration. A wall of amplifiers plays the various peals at random intervals creating a cacophonous noise.
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While living in Germany during the summer of 2023, I collected audio samples from the Berlin Wall by attaching a contact microphone to the exposed rebar of the original sections of wall and then hitting the rebar with my finger. The resulting resonant sounds resembled the bells that regularly chime around Europe. I arranged the sounds in intervals based on standard carillon peals used at times of celebration. This site allows individuals and groups to create their own cacophonous noise.
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The Misplaced Wall series includes several photographs and video works depicting a colorful collection of brick-patterned boxes that are set up in various locations before being disassembled and moved to other locations. The wall and its placement highlight the ridiculous interventions of fences used to demarcate geo-political borders, and how they interact with their environments. All these walls have fallen or will fall, leaving behind a temporary wound on the landscape before another is erected, to also fall.
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