ECHO 10/3/06

Odd acoustics through the day become a fascination – echoes and senses of distance even when in close proximity as if I were hearing the atomic ‘hush’ between sounds, objects, and surfaces. A violinist at Canary Wharf for example, playing a short piece by Vivaldi in front of a large pillar, yet the music is only fully audible in one spot directly in front anywhere else and it sounds as if it being played through a dense fabric. What strikes me about this is the passivity of noise as opposed to the usual aggressive London assault.