Final Stop. Ann's House
Community College of San Mateo
Williams Elementary School. San Jose
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An acoustic cross-country adventure. If a bell rings in a shopping mall parking lot, will anyone respond? On September 1, 2006, I set out on a cross-country, sound-performance journey to investigate the public's interactions with and reactions to the sonorous tones of a 250-pound cast-iron bell. From Michigan to New York to San Francisco, I am ringing the bell in small towns, city parks, shopping malls, rest stops, and more.
The Bell. The Route.
THIS BLOG HOSTS PHOTOS, VIDEOS AND SOUND FROM THIS TRIP. THE BELL PROJECT FINISHED AT THE EXPLORATORIUM ON OCTOBER 6, 2006. AT THAT TIME, I DONATED THE BELL TO THE MUSEUM DURING THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW "LISTEN: MAKING SENSE OF SOUND" PROJECT. I WOULD TO THANK THE EXPLORATORIUM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
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- Day35 The Final StretchFinal Stop. Ann's HouseComm...
- Day34.Driving to Salinas and the National Steinbec...
- I will drive the bell through San Francisco during...
- Day33. Los AngelesWhen I woke up, Nancy dangled my...
- Day32.LongDriveWe started out the day at the Waffl...
- Day31.Tucson, AZWe drove from Lordsburg, NM to Tuc...
- Day31. Lordsburg, NMOn the way to Tucson we stoppe...
- Day30. In Search of Quiet Places to Record the Bel...
- Day30.New Mexico. Morning.Las Cruces. First thing ...
- Day29.Ciudad Juarez.Listenone bell, one honkWe sai...
- Day29.El PasoKrys Bobrowski is here!El Paso.After ...
- Day28. Riding through west Texas
- Day28. Marfa and points west, TexasBy JessicaIn th...
- Almost to Marfa(Check out the video below)
- Day27PM.Marfa, TXBy JessicaThe Marfa Mystery Light...
- Day27. Ciudad Acuna, Mexicoby JessicaIn the aftern...
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A NEW PROJECT
DAILYBELL2008
PLEDGE:
Beginning on Monday evening December 31, 2007, at 5:01 PST, I will attempt to ring a bell everyday at sunrise and sunset for the entire year of 2008. I invite others to join me wherever you are and post to the blog if you wish. On some occasions, I will announce ahead of time where I will be and people can join me at a particular location.
INVITATION:
To ring a bell everyday at a particular time is a commitment. I don't know if I am capable of it, but I would like to try. Please help. Find a bell that you like. Look up the times for the sunrise and sunset in your area. One of the things I am looking forward to is being directly in touch with the cycle of sunrise and sunset as it changes throughout the year. Please join me and spread the word.
PLEDGE:
Beginning on Monday evening December 31, 2007, at 5:01 PST, I will attempt to ring a bell everyday at sunrise and sunset for the entire year of 2008. I invite others to join me wherever you are and post to the blog if you wish. On some occasions, I will announce ahead of time where I will be and people can join me at a particular location.
INVITATION:
To ring a bell everyday at a particular time is a commitment. I don't know if I am capable of it, but I would like to try. Please help. Find a bell that you like. Look up the times for the sunrise and sunset in your area. One of the things I am looking forward to is being directly in touch with the cycle of sunrise and sunset as it changes throughout the year. Please join me and spread the word.
About Me
- Brenda Hutchinson
- Brenda Hutchinson is a composer and sound artist whose work is based on the cultivation and encouragement of openness in her own life and in those she works with. Hutchinson encourages participants to experiment with sound, share stories, and make music.
3 comments:
haiku
Silencing dissent:
Freedom bell without clapper--
Toothless bellweather.
Jackson
haiku
Silently tolling;
Liberty bell overturned;
Clapper stirring blood.
Jackson
loved the haikus. going back and forth with sound and silence.
i saw a flash in the sky: it was the old search lights advertising that became here and there in cities in the eighties---why no more ? is it that we are all in tuned: turned on,(by the internal pager,email, im, my space.com,ipod) that we are not external to any outside phenomena of social stuff? the visual or auditory. was the bell sound another car alarm to ignore? most outside sounds and sights are ads, or personal greivances?
oh, so pleasant to see haiku.
splash
in the pond
the bell rung 'whenever'
rippling again!
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