Fanfare for Crossing the Road is an international project that adds ceremony to a common event. In each country I asked musicians – dressed in uniforms and positioned beside the traffic lights – to mimic the digital acoustic crossing sounds that signal the time to cross for the blind. The work began in 2011 in front of the Albert Memorial in London. In each location I worked with student musicians, to choose the instrument that most closely echoed the acoustic sound. It has since been performed in Helsinki, Lisbon, Cardiff, New York, Philadelphia and Dublin. To see the entire length of the work with several crossings in each location, go to: https://vimeo.com/31610655 The work was supported by funding from the Franklin Furnace Foundation.

The work has been shown at Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki – 2012; the 4th Wall Film Festival, Pedwaredd Wal, Cardiff – 2012; Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon – 2013; AC Institute, New York – 2014; Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia – 2015; and studio1.1, London - 2019.