'Fanfare for Crossing the Road' Ann-Marie LeQuesne

About

Fanfare for Crossing the Road is an ongoing international project that adds ceremony to a common event. In each country the artist asks musicians – dressed in uniforms and positioned beside the traffic lights – to mimic the digital acoustic crossing sounds (different in every country) that signal the time to cross for the blind. The project began in the spring of 2011 at the crossing in front of the Albert Hall. Since then it has been performed in Helsinki, Lisbon, Cardiff, New York and Philadelphia. A Dublin Fanfare will be filmed in the autumn.

Musicians and their instruments:
London - 2 cornet players; Helsinki - 3 trumpet players and 2 percussionists; Lisbon - 4 trumpet players; Cardiff - 8 opera singers; New York - 2 speakers and 2 percussionists; Philadelphia - 3 speakers and 3 piccolo players; Dublin (upcoming) - 2 violinists and 2 percussionists.

The work has been shown at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki – 2012; the 4th Wall Film Festival, Pedwaredd Wal, Cardiff – 2012; Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon – 2013; AC Institute, New York – 2014; Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia – 2015. It will be shown projected onto the street after the Dublin performance.