GRAND TOUR

LAND OBSERVATIONS

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On Leaving The Kingdom For The Well-Tempered Continent
Flatlands And The Flemish Roads
From The Heights Of The Simplon Pass
Nice To Turin
Ode To Viennese Streets
The Brenner Pass
Walking The Warm Colonnades
Return To Ravenna

NOTES

Ⓟ 2014 MUTE ARTISTS LCC.
Ⓒ 2014 MUTE ARTISTS LCC.
9600-2 _ 724596960028

Released in a flatpack with 20-page booklet.

This series of guitar recordings create an imaginary travelogue through western, central and southern Europe with reference to the historic Grand Tour. This sonic journal takes in particular routes and cities, in an attempt to explore the beginnings of cultural travel and tourism.

Booklet:
James Brooks
Geometry of Travel I-VIII
2014
Pencil drawings on archival postcards
10 × 14.8 cm

Front Cover:
James Brooks
Field Recording
24:36 (detail)
Pencil drawing on prepared canvas
60 × 90 cm

Gatefold Centre:
James Brooks
Field Recording
24:36
Pencil drawing on prepared canvas
60 × 90 cm

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