Telephone pole, cables, 2 sound files, audio speakers, transducer speaker, mp3 players, grasses (Dimensions variable) 2017
A stereo recording of a telephone pole on a regional road in the vast Karoo region of South Africa, made with contact microphones. Walking in the landscape I happened on a pole that was not properly set in the ground, and so was vibrating loudly enough to be audible. Attaching the contact microphones, one can hear shifting overtones caused by fluctuations in the wind pushing kilometres of telephone wire in varying speed and direction, converging on the pole.Mesmerising and encompassing, I felt privileged to witness and capture this secret song that was going endlessly, whether or not anyone was there to hear it. If a tree vibrates in a desert and no one is there to hear it, yes, it does make a sound.
