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Mexican artist Reyes in a description of his project titled, "Disarm." The Mexican artist said he was able to choose his instruments from about 6,700 guns that were turned in or seized by the army and police in Ciudad Juarez, a city of about 1.3 million people that averaged about 10 killings a day at the height of the violence.
"Mechanical hammers ping against ammunition magazines from assault rifles. Gun barrels cut to different lengths ring like marimbas. Pistol parts strike metal plates, like cymbals, to create rhythmic, syncopated sounds. "It's important to consider that many lives were taken with these weapons, as if a sort of exorcism was taking place," sculptor Pedro Reyes said in a description of his project emailed to The Associated Press."
Pedro Reyes Turns Guns Into Musical Instruments
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8XGMuFPS2Y]Artist Uses Confiscated Weapons to Create Musical Instruments - YouTube[/ame]
"Mechanical hammers ping against ammunition magazines from assault rifles. Gun barrels cut to different lengths ring like marimbas. Pistol parts strike metal plates, like cymbals, to create rhythmic, syncopated sounds. "It's important to consider that many lives were taken with these weapons, as if a sort of exorcism was taking place," sculptor Pedro Reyes said in a description of his project emailed to The Associated Press."
Pedro Reyes Turns Guns Into Musical Instruments
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8XGMuFPS2Y]Artist Uses Confiscated Weapons to Create Musical Instruments - YouTube[/ame]
