Prepared Fences

Posted by admin on July 3rd, 2008 filed in Uncategorized

Berlin is littered with building sites that are gradually filling in the city’s gaps. The familiar metal mesh fences that surround such sites are ubiquitous. There is, however, a subtle difference to those I’m used to seeing around Newcastle: the fences in Berlin are prepared, they are fitted with rattlers, folded metal sheets that bare the contractor’s logo. In the wind or in response to impact these rattling tags give the fences an increased sustain and ’sizzle’. This makes me wonder what additional preparations could be added in order to make use of such frameworks as an audible addition to the city…
Listen (stereo, headphones work well):