WhiteSound AnneReynolds

AnneReynolds

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‘White Sound’ was a soundInstallation by Bill Fontana at the Wellcome Institute on the Euston Road 22.09.11-16.10.11. The live soundofwaves crashingonto Chesil Beach was fedthrough speakers fixedto the building.