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Hear a Pin Drop Here

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Holly Rumble doesn’t like crowds. In retrospect, visiting Edinburgh in August wasn’t such a good idea. For one week, when not performing One Minute Birdwatching, she will be searching for city centre spaces which are literally quiet enough to hear a pin drop. GPS-tagged photographs will be posted online daily from 3rd-9th August, as a kind of geocache. Join her for a light-hearted virtual tour on her final day, with photographs and video clips of her investigations. A free Pin Drop kit is included so you can test the locations out for yourself. All ages.

Holly Rumble / Escalator East To Edinburgh.

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Hear A Pin Drop at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe

11 Jul 2012

Norwich sound artist Holly Rumble on listening to pins and birds

These may be tough times for the public sector, but at least the officials at Edinburgh City Council are blessed with the Fringe to liven up their daily litany of licensing requests. Sound artist Holly Rumble provided one such chink of light in a local…

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