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Gaol Piece: The Architecture of Silence (19 November 1994) |
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| Location: Old Melbourne Gaol, Victoria, Australia | |
| Performance devised and directed by Simon Crosbie. |
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| A sound performance involving 104 participants (the same number as executed at the gaol) acting as "sound makers" who generate sounds on the metal stairs, cells and doors. These "mass" sounds combine with musical elements that explore the gaol's connection to the Irish prisoners it once housed, referencing keening (Irish ritual mourning) and Irish musical strains. Silence plays an important role as the Old Melbourne Gaol was based largely on the Pentonville system in England which recognized silence as a suitable means of rehabilitating the criminal mind. | |
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Published by The University of Melbourne Comments, questions, corrections and additions: i.mott@unimelb.edu.au Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 18 January 2007 http://www.sounddesign.unimelb.edu.au/web/biogs/P000498b.htm |