If a bell rings in a shopping mall parking lot, will anyone respond? On September 1, 2006, artist Brenda Hutchinson sets out on a cross-country, sound-performance journey to investigate the public's interactions with and reactions to the sonorous tones of a 250-pound cast-iron bell. From New York to San Francisco, she is ringing the bell in small towns, city parks, shopping malls, rest stops, and more.

For photos, videos and sounds from this trip,
and to see Brenda's cross country itinerary,
see The Bell Project Blog .

(clicking this link will take you outside of the Exploratorium web site)

In San Francisco at the Exploratorium in the McBean Theater
Saturday, October 7 and Sunday, October 8
Come hear Brenda's tales of this acoustic adventure in two special presentations.