there's a short story by heinrich boell (german writer) "doktor murkes gesammeltes schweigen".
(doctor murke's collected silence).
doktor murke does exactly the same as matt rogalsky. he's also working in a radio station.
the story was published 1958.
here's an excerpt (in german):
http://www.heinrich-boell.de/leben-werk/werke/w_10pro.htm
joerg
Am 7 Nov 2001 um 15:19, pl1xATearthlink.net schrieb:
> 24 cd's! is this in response to the Merzbox
> anyone else got any exmamples of recorded silence.
> The Phantom Pregancies a UK riot person group in the 90's suppostedly
> because of their hatred/fear of technology when they were asked to
> appear on a cd compilation, said to leave 2 minutes of silence as
> their contribution. also there's a web site which has an hour
> recording of a Silent Refrigerator. Peter A Lopez
>
> Steev Hise wrote:
>
> >Matt Rogalsky, a Canadian artist in England, is making a
> >sound piece out of all the silences in 24-hours of BBC
> >radio.
> >
> >the reason this is relevant here is that the BBC stated that
> >they were "treating it in a light-hearted way, despite the
> >fact that it is illegal." So we're supposed to accept
> >that even silence can be owned...
> >
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1617000/16
> >17499.stm
> >
> >smh
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