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Others could take this in other directions, the gap between education and work or cultural gaps. Or physical gaps, like the one between the two libraries in Weimar... | Others could take this in other directions, the gap between education and work or cultural gaps. Or physical gaps, like the one between the two libraries in Weimar... | ||
I recorded the | In 1968 Peter Lodge, a Sound Engineer, recorded himself saying the phrase, after the original actor demanded royalties. | ||
I recorded the audio of Peter Lodge saying the Phrase from this site: https://audioboo.fm/boos/1111085-peter-lodge-mind-the-gap | |||
After borrowing a portable Bose speaker from a friend (thank you very much Pia) I took to the street for an evening and a morning, for some test try outs. | |||
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Revision as of 20:09, 25 November 2013
Mind the Gap
I decided I wanted to take the London Underground Announcement recording 'Mind the gap' from 1969 and play it, out of context, in the streets of Weimar.
When the phrase is out of context (not meaning between the platform and the station) any other, new meaning/s can be attributed to it.
My own reading of this iconic phrase out of context: Is that it asks us to pay attention to the gap BETWEEN thoughts. A way of meditation. The gap here being the space of awareness between mental activity, which, this space of awareness is always there, present, when there is thought and when there is no thought.
Others could take this in other directions, the gap between education and work or cultural gaps. Or physical gaps, like the one between the two libraries in Weimar...
In 1968 Peter Lodge, a Sound Engineer, recorded himself saying the phrase, after the original actor demanded royalties.
I recorded the audio of Peter Lodge saying the Phrase from this site: https://audioboo.fm/boos/1111085-peter-lodge-mind-the-gap
After borrowing a portable Bose speaker from a friend (thank you very much Pia) I took to the street for an evening and a morning, for some test try outs.
