Tag Archives: ruins

spaces of abandon

Here is a selected set of photos from a series taken in 2007. Abandoned spaces like this are from old soviet collective farms, however they  are rapidly disappearing. Structures like this decayed so rapidly because of the poor methods of construction. It was common for people to steal any valuable materials for their own use [...]
Posted in commentary / review, photo / image | Also tagged , , | Leave a comment

subterranean soviet silos

I finally managed to visit a curious location in a forest in south Estonia and discovered that it indeed was one of the former soviet nuclear missile silos. As I’ve seen, most missile bases were mobile launching pads for missiles that were stored on trucks in bunkers. In this location the missiles were actually stored [...]
Posted in location / site, mp3 / sound recordings | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

revenant : saaropera

video of a revenant sound action made in the hollow metal shell of an electrical substation on lake peipsi near the russian border. the participants are eamon sprod (tarab), maksims shentelevs, kaspars kalnins and myself. recorded november 16, 2008. note the sound of ducks flying overhead towards the end.
Posted in location / site, moving image | Also tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

harmonic remains

In the last 8 months I’ve made a number of recordings of old, and as far as I can tell, abandoned telegraph lines. My friend Toomas has a step-grandfather who was a telephone repairman during the Soviet times and kindly let me borrow his old pole climbing “shoes” (which are metal claws made from old [...]
Posted in commentary / review, location / site, mp3 / sound recordings | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

abandoned house sessions

I’ve been taking advantage of the mild winter weather so far to do some site-specific recordings. Its normal that I visit various old ruins and natural locations in the countryside, but recently I’ve been going into old houses that have been abandoned for some time. It should be noted that after Estonian [...]
Posted in commentary / review, location / site | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment