All the Bells

All The Bells is an artwork by Martin Creed first given in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in October 2006, where it attracted little favourable attention.[1] Its rubric was: All of the bells in a city or town rung as quickly and loudly as possible for three minutes (or in Spanish, Todas las campanas en una ciudad o pueblo sonando tan rápido y duro como sea posible por tres minutos). The work was a collaboration between the Candela Art & Music Festival, Escuela de Artes Plásticas, Galeríía Comercial, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, Mima and César Reyes and SunCom.[2]

The piece, under the title Work No. 1197: All The Bells, with the revised rubric, All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes, was subsequently re-commissioned, for a sum rumoured to be between thirty-five and fifty thousand pounds, and advertised as being a new work, by the London 2012 Festival.[3] The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers declined to participate.[4] The Council's President, Kate Flavell, criticised both the timing and content of the piece in her official blog.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Young Noise - artnet Magazine". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Artnet News - artnet Magazine". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Intro - Martin Creed". Allthebells.com. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  4. ↑ "BBC News". bbc.co.uk. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  5. ↑ "The CCCBR President's Blog". cccbr.org.uk. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
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