“To blow one’s trumpet”
February 9th, 2010 by penelope
We all know what the saying “to blow one’s trumpet” means but so far we never attached a literal meaning to it. This has now changed thanks to Behaviouristics Ltd who has created a kit that allows you to really blow your own trumpet!
The idea behind this project is that our bodies are the instruments whilst the devices included in the kit are the means with which we can hear them and play them. Behaviouristics Ltd dream of an orchestra of people, each instrument carefully linked up with a musician who has learned to play them. The group wonders which people will make the best instruments; Who will emerge as a shrill piccolo, a smooth bassoon, a crude drum or a wailing cat? Will this change with age, experience or gender? who will make the best player? one who plays their instrument with tenderness, love and care? or one who manipulates and tortures?
These questions will be answered when the Behaviouristics perform at the Barbican on the 4th of March CL suggests you take your bodies and selves down there! But one question remains; what would you most prefer to be an instrument or a musician?
