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W3974
21.05.2011
CLIFF PIPES PROPOSAL - Jason de Haan
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A proposal for a set of organ pipes to be mounted on the face of an oceanic cliff. The pipes are to be mounted vertically on simple steel rods that are strategically placed along a section of cliff in order to translate strong vertical updrafts into indiv ...

A proposal for a set of organ pipes to be mounted on the face of an oceanic cliff. The pipes are to be mounted vertically on simple steel rods that are strategically placed along a section of cliff in order to translate strong vertical updrafts into individual notes. Although the specific cliff face is transposable the necessary environmental conditions include: strong & regular updrafts, frequent rain, waves & fog, a foreboding atmosphere, regularly stormy days and nights, a ancient & deserved mythology, and a reputation among sailors (past and present). The accompanying image illustrates a version of this project to be executed on the White Cliffs of Dover, Kent County, UK—of which the poet Mathew Arnold wrote in 1849 “...Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land, / Listen! You hear the grating roar / Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, / At their return, up the high strand, / Begin, and cease, and then again begin, / With tremulous cadence slow, and bring / The eternal note of sadness in...”

A proposal for a set of organ pipes to be mounted on the face of an oceanic cliff. The pipes are to be mounted vertically on simple steel rods that are strategically placed along a section of cliff in order to translate strong vertical updrafts into indiv ...

A proposal for a set of organ pipes to be mounted on the face of an oceanic cliff. The pipes are to be mounted vertically on simple steel rods that are strategically placed along a section of cliff in order to translate strong vertical updrafts into individual notes. Although the specific cliff face is transposable the necessary environmental conditions include: strong & regular updrafts, frequent rain, waves & fog, a foreboding atmosphere, regularly stormy days and nights, a ancient & deserved mythology, and a reputation among sailors (past and present). The accompanying image illustrates a version of this project to be executed on the White Cliffs of Dover, Kent County, UK—of which the poet Mathew Arnold wrote in 1849 “...Where the sea meets the moon-blanch'd land, / Listen! You hear the grating roar / Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, / At their return, up the high strand, / Begin, and cease, and then again begin, / With tremulous cadence slow, and bring / The eternal note of sadness in...”