Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus
Nautical Fog Horn (Manufactured Japan, Salvaged Alang, India) (The Dockers' Museum, object nr. 39A)
Object
, 69 x 28 x 23 cm
Sirena de boira nàutica (fabricada al Japó, rescatada a Alang, l’Índia) amb estoig de fusta per desar-la [denominació atorgada per Allan Sekula], fabricada per Tokyo Siren Co., LTD, alumini, 1981, 69 x 28 x 23 cm. Adquirida per Allan Sekula, dins la seva caixa, a través d’eBay el 6 de setembre de 2010.
Foghorn from a Japanese ship that can be heard for 1.5 miles. Sold on E-Bay for $349 by someone in India, probably connected to a shipbreaker. Described by Sekula as a 'Tatlin-esque loudspeaker constructivist "box with the sound of its own making."' and as 'of course it is a perfect object to be displayed inside the museum'.