staffanmossenmark
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2003 — Sound Polluter

Gothenburgs Town Traffic Office and their low floor trams

During the Mossenmark Festival -96 the Mossenmark Sound Fund was established. The purpose of the fund is to support and stimulate research and artistic work, whose ambition is to reach a grown vigilance around our mutual sound environment. The fund hands out a scholarship every year.

Motivation:
These trams have a high noise level; this combined with strong vibrations makes a conversation or a pleasant ride hard to achieve. Here function has gotten ahead of the acoustics and the noise that now hits the passengers is not consistent with consideration concerning our mutual sound environment.
Receiver of "Sound Polluter" obtain a framed box of earplugs.
Receiver of "Sound Polluter" obtain a framed box of earplugs.
Willy Nicklasson accepted 2003's "Sound Polluter" for Gothenburgs Town Traffic Office, at the award ceremony inside one of the criticized "low floor trams" in front of media.
Willy Nicklasson accepted 2003's "Sound Polluter" for Gothenburgs Town Traffic Office, at the award ceremony inside one of the criticized "low floor trams" in front of media.