I thought it would be interesting to make another ruin sound piece for a pre-ruined site; this time I wanted to do it for a company headquarters that benefited from Thatcher's policies. I chose BT as it's part of the telecoms industry, one of the biggest sectors that was privatised. It is also one of Britain's largest companies. BT became an independent company in 1981 and was privatised in 1984. 50% of its shares were sold to private investors below market price; when the company was floated the share owners instantly received an increase in wealth.

Definition of interregnum
1: the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
2: a period during which the normal functions of government or control are suspended
3: a lapse or pause in a continuous series

Interregnum [SEM 2]

Sound of overhead projector & dissolving resin [SEM 2]

I made this with the 'Kleen Cleaners' site on St Mary’s Street in mind.  I thought it would be interesting to make a ruin sound piece for a pre-ruined site, even it could only be hypothetical.  I used recordings of water drops from ruined spaces, as well as excerpts from the Dies Irae (a series of notes used in music to represent death), which I layered and reversed throughout the piece.

Eilidh Hutchison