1 Les Vibrations Dans la Masse De Son Roulement 10:04
2 Utility 10:00
Eric La Casa - Les vibrations dans la masse de son roulement
"une masse qui ne se détruit pas, une seule masse compacte, un qui se tient ensemble, un ensemble, une vibration dans la masse, un moteur, qui ne s'effiloche pas, qui ne disparaît pas, une masse tenue, le déroulement tenu, le roulement, la masse est en roulement..." C.Tarkos, "Anachronisme"
Landing platforms, truss, tracks, steps, handrail, ... the complexity of this mechanism is a real opportunity for any listener. Even though the original components (wood...) are progressively replaced with modern ones, like the elevator this machinery still sounds like a heroic invention from the Industrial Revolution (second half of the XIX th century). And while the technology evolves, the idea remains the same.
When I first started listening to these systems, 10 years ago, I paid attention to the concept: mechanical transport of one's body through the city. Opposite to the compound like elevator (a closed space), escalators provide you with open space. Moving in one direction, like traveling through a movie (a cinematic vision), your body is carried slowly into a specific city location. For this short time (from few seconds to several minutes) you are completely devoted "to slide" through the city. Suddenly, your body moves from the static ground... you escalate.
Tarab: utility
Compiled from a series of recordings collected on wanderings through the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The city heard through holes in the ground. Various sized utility holes. Rather than generating a sound of their own, most of the holes I came across act as a trap or filter for the sounds of the city. Their locations, what time I found them and their particular sound qualities dictated what sounds I heard, or in many cases did not hear.
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