The Leaning and the Blind

By the Leaning tower of Pisa, an endless choreography goes on. Attempting to catch the iconic shot, people are posing as if holding the tower up. Hundreds of strangers fumble and probe at air, like the blind, finding their way. This creates a shared language of movement, a global game of chinese whispers. In the soundscape, the sound of an electroacoustic glockenspiel blends together with sounds of sparrows recorded in different continents. The taxonomic family of sparrows, in their various species and subspecies, are globally ubiquitous. Where you find people, you will too find sparrows. The soundscape outlines the meditative state of mind of the people who enter the moment of the pose.