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n Vienna, Austria, there is an orchestra that performs with instruments made from vegetables. For the past 18 years, these musicians have been purchasing produce from a local market, turning that produce into instruments and performing with them in front of a live audience. The vegetable scraps are made into soup, which the group then serves to the audience at the end of each performance.
The residents of Cateura, Paraguay, don't just make a living from the massive garbage heap in their town. They also make music.
The following script is from "The Recyclers" which originally aired on Nov. 17, 2013, and was rebroadcast on May 11, 2014. The correspondent is Bob Simon. Michael Gavshon, producer.
Ever heard of a town built on a garbage dump? We hadn't until last year when we visited a community on the outskirts of Asuncion, the capital of the tiny, impoverished South American country of Paraguay. It's called Cateura and there is trash everywhere -- in its streets, its rivers, in people's backyards -- but we decided to take you to Cateura tonight, not because of the poverty or the filth, but because of the incredible imagination and ingenuity of the people who live there. Our story is also a reminder that, ultimately, music will triumph everywhere and anywhere.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/recyclers-from-trash-comes-triumph-2/
Materials:
In working on this project I learned about all the different things in my house that go unused every day. I also learned about all the different sounds materials can make when they are different thicknesses and are paired with different items. About three-quarters of the containers I used were plastic, and yet they all made different noises. It is incredible the sounds you can discover when you start to listen for them.
Purpose: Explore how to manipulate materials and sounds through everyday trash, junk, simple tools, and fabrication methods to create a new one of a kind musical instrument.
Description: Just like the instruments and sounds of Harry Partch and the musicians from the Landfill Harmonic. You will create a sound device, utilizing your abilities to manipulate materials, forms, and tones. By using simple materials, students will use junk as their medium to create abstract sounds and noise through a form.
Materials: Take home kits, trash, + found items around your home.
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Deliverables:
Post to your project folder under responses.
In the body of the post, write a short reflection (3-5 sentences) about what you discovered through this exercise.
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