Project:
Guerilla Sound Events,
by Peter Hatch
"Music is all around us, if only we had ears." - John Cage
Peter Hatch’s Guerilla Sound Events (2004 - ) are short, spontaneous performance art pieces intended to draw attention to urban soundscapes through unannounced sonic interventions. While often humorous in nature, they also call for a more active role in shaping our urban soundscapes. First presented in Regina in 2004 as part of the Immersive Soundscapes festival, they have been continually developed and have appeared at the Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound in Kitchener, Ontario (2005), the New Adventures in Sound Art Sound Travels festival (Toronto Island - 2006), the Toronto's Junction Arts festival and Montreal's Escales Improbables (2007) and the Stratford Summer Music festival (2008 & 2009).
Are you interested in what you are hearing?
The Foggiest Idea, for solo tuba
Guerilla Sound Event #1
In seaside settings, the fog horn is used in dense fog to warn ships of nearby land. Their lonesome call also serves to remind people of the nearby wide-open ocean and can provide an eerie presence to a fog-ensconsced city. This short work for tuba, with its fog horn call repeated at 30 second intervals, provides a mournful song which echoes the often lonesome, isolating aspects of city life. Photo Above: Donovan Locke, tubist
