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Sounds of the Past

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Sounds of the Past

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This is an artwork by Dean Ruck; consisting of a motion sensor and a sound recording of a riverboat horn, downtown in Sesquicentennial Park.  As you approach the overlook pictured to the left, a recording of a steam, horn is blasted over a loud speaker.  The project is meant to fill in the audio component of the history of the site.

 

 

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