Tlim tlim!

Devia ir mais vezes à High Line. Digo isto, mas a verdade é que o tempo me foge. Escapa-se-me irremediavelmente, sem retorno. Enfim, lá estive na High Line no Sábado. Destaque para a instalação sonora do artista Stephen Vitiello, A Bell For Each Minute. O artista gravou sons de sinos, sinetas, campânulas, campainhas e afins, por toda a cidade. São 60 sons diferentes, desde o Closing Bell da NY Stock Exchange, passando por simples campainhas de bicicletas, até aos sinos e carrilhões de igrejas nos diferentes bairros nova-iorquinos. Cada som marca os minutos que perfazem uma hora. Uma viagem acústica, muito peculiar.

0:00 CHORUS OF BELLS

0:01 GOOD STUFF DINER, counter bell

0:02 AQUEDUCT RACETRACK, starting bell

0:03 CONEY ISLAND, Dreamland bell

0:04 KETTLES & CO, Indian chimes

0:05 SRI RADHA GOVINDA TEMPLE, Hare Krishna meal offering bell

0:06 OLIVEBRIDGE, Bob’s chimes and cat purring

0:07 NYC CITY HALL, clock tower bell

0:08 GREENPOINT, Boots Becker’s cat bell

0:09 KETTLES & CO, Tibetan prayer bell

0:10 GRACIE MANSION, historic clock

0:11 ASHOKAN CENTER, sleigh bell

0:12 JEFFERSON MARKET LIBRARY, bell tower

0:13 ATLANTIS, child’s toy phone

0:14 BATTERY PARK CITY, bell footpads

0:15 WATERFRONT MUSEUM, navigation system

0:16 MAHAYANA TEMPLE, temple bell

0:17 GREENWOOD CEMETERY, tower bell

0:18 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SYNAGOGUE, bells on the Torah

0:19 GOVERNORS ISLAND, Klaus Weber’s Large Dark Wind Chime (Tritone Westy)

0:20 JOHN J. HARVEY, fireboat bell

0:21 DYCKMAN FARMHOUSE, historic clock

0:22 WATERFRONT MUSEUM, Tugboat Pegasus bell

0:23 FULTON STREET GIFT SHOPS, World Trade & New York bells

0:24 FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM, Liberty Bell replica

0:25 HERALD SQUARE, Minerva and the Bell Ringers

0:26 YOGA TO THE PEOPLE, singing bowl

0:27 GLEASON’S GYM, boxing ring bell

0:28 JULLIARD, school bells

0:29 ATLANTIS, ceramic bell

0:30 TRINITY CHURCH, church bells

0:31 PIER 66 MARITIME, Lightship Frying Pan

0:32 CENTRAL PARK, Delacorte Clock

0:33 WATERFRONT MUSUEM, kinetic sculpture

0:34 UPPER EAST SIDE, Cara’s bicycle bell

0:35 EAST VILLAGE, Brenda Hutchinson’s‚ ÄúThe Bell Project‚ Äù

0:36 UNION SQUARE, 14th Street subway bell

0:37 CENTRAL PARK TENNIS CENTER, signal bell

0:38 KETTLES & CO, African elephant bell

0:39 ASHOKAN CENTER, dinner bell

0:40 NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, doorbell

0:41 NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM, 19th century horse and carriage bell

0:42 WATERFRONT MUSEUM, small ship’s bell

0:43 JANE’S CAROUSEL, carousel bell

0:44 CHRIST CHURCH COBBLE HILL, church bells

0:45 UNITED NATIONS, Japanese Peace Bell

0:46 KETTLES & CO, Swiss cowbell

0:47 GOVERNORS ISLAND, buoy

0:48 USA SHAOLIN TEMPLE, small chime/gong

0:49 NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM, old telephone

0:50 KETTLES & CO, Japanese temple bells

0:51 SHOCKra STUDIO, belly dancer’s bells

0:52 WATERFRONT MUSEUM, fire bell

0:53 USA SHAOLIN TEMPLE, temple gong

0:54 NEW YORK TRANSIT MUSEUM, subway bell

0:55 CHELSEA, falcon bell

0:56 ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL, Bell of Hope

0:57 SRI RADHA GOVINDA TEMPLE, Hare Krishna prayer offering bell

0:58 McSORLEY’S OLD ALE HOUSE, last call bell

0:59 NY STOCK EXCHANGE, closing bell