Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments
War Damaged Musical Instruments by Turner Prize-winning artist Susan Philipsz was specially commissioned by 14–18 Now, the official cultural programme for the WW1 Centenary commemorations. The work is a sound installation, which features recordings of British and German instruments which have been damaged by war. The notes recorded are based upon the tones of the military bugle call ‘The Last Post’, a tune that sounded at the end of a battle signaling to soldiers that it was safe to return to base but the tune is fragmented to such an extent that it is practically unrecognisable.
Read our review of the installation as it appeared at Eastside Projects, Birmingham, in 2014.
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Oboe (ruin)
Collection Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin
Flute in C (ruin) Salvaged from the Alte Münz bunker, Berlin, 1945 Collection Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin
Klappenhorn (ruin) Salvaged from the Alte Münz bunker, Berlin, 1945 Collection Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin
Horn (ruin) Salvaged from the Alte Münz bunker, Berlin, 1945 Collection Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin
Trumpet in Es (ruin) (c. 1700-1800), Salvaged from the Alte Münz bunker, Berlin, 1945 Collection Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin
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