#072: Silence where no sound is made (Does Silence Exist? IV): Physical Version

 

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#052: Witness (Does Silence Exist? V)

A person standing, gagged, in the centre of a compound surrounded by high walls and control towers topped with barbed wire, searchlights and guns.

#032: Silence where no sound is made (Does Silence Exist? IV)

A blank piece of wall in an art gallery.

(Or, equally, a blank page in a book or an empty museum case, etc...).

#023: Does Silence Exist? III

A white canvas on which is written in simple black lettering, “TACET”

#022: Does Silence Exist? II

A blank canvas.

#021: Does Silence Exist? I (A question that has already been answered)

A C90 tape continuously plays a number of field recordings.  Each is 2 minutes 20 seconds long and are ordered without spaces between.  The tracks (all apart from the last of which are repeated on each side) are: under a tree with birds singing, in a park with crickets, on a windy hilltop, at a beauty spot with distant traffic noise, in a garden while a plane flies over, in a room with air conditioning, in a room with a clock ticking, in a front room while it is raining, walking along a street, in a library, in an art gallery, sat still breathing, tinnitus, heartbeat in chest, nervous system, blood circulation, space “screaming”; Side A ends with a performance by The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lawrence Foster, of John Cage’s 4’33” recorded live at the Barbican on January 16th 2004, Side B with a realisation of 4’33” made for the Radio 3 podcast Hear and Now by Robert Worby and Felix Carey, 2’ 52”.  The remainder of each side is blank tape.