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Petravicius describing it as "rubbish on record but brilliant live". They have toured the performance to festivals across the country, initially for 15 minute performances but later for longer periods, with Mann accompanying the pigeons with folk songs. The audience is asked to lie down on the grass to experience the performance. Mann proposed a collaboration with American performance artist
42:鸽哨 in China) is a device attached to a pigeon such that it emits a noise while flying. They have long been used in Asian countries, particularly China for entertainment, tracking and to deter attack by birds of prey. The practice was once common but is now much less widespread owing to increasing urbanisation and regulation of pigeon keeping. A modern version of the device, based on specimens held at the
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whistles are mounted to the birds by securing together two of their tail feathers and securing the whistle between them with a toggle. Petravicius is the only person in the United
Kingdom to have trained pigeons to return to a mobile loft (his is mounted on a moped). This is essential to the performance as otherwise the birds would quickly return to their home loft, leaving the intended audience behind.
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are well suited to the task as they are able to make quick, acrobatic turns. The sound of the whistle varies depending on the movement of the wings, acceleration of the pigeon, wind speed, wind direction and the positions of pigeons within the flock. The effect of Mann and
Petravicius' displays has
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keeping pigeons with whistles it is said to be rare to find even one person doing so in a whole district of the modern city. The modern practice has been documented by Colin
Chinnery, a British consultant who has made sound recordings for exhibitions at a museum about traditional Beijing cultures in
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the birds fly the wind blowing through the whistles sets them vibrating, and thus produces an open-air concert, for the instruments in one and the same flock are all tuned differently. On a serene day in Peking, where these instruments are manufactured with great cleverness and ingenuity, it is
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to the birds but these proved too heavy. He experimented with his own whistles made from ping pong balls, dog whistles and plastic egg shells before settling for a design made from a film canister, lolly sticks and old vinyl records. He has also experimented with 3D printed whistles. Mann's
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Owing to the progress of urban development and increasing regulation of pigeon keeping the sound of the pigeon whistle, commonly heard in cities before the 1990s, has become rare in modern China. Whilst in the 1970s there might have been 5–6 people in each street of
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and attached to the pigeon by a toggle fixed between its tail feathers - causing no harm to the bird. They are used to deter birds of prey, for entertainment and as a means of an owner recognising their pigeons. They have been used in
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put him in touch with Pete
Petravicius (known as "Pigeon Pete"), a pigeon racer. Upon first making contact Petravicius thought that Mann was a prank caller; however, the pair soon began a collaboration.
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to carry reports were fitted with particularly intricate whistles carved with animal head designs and capable of emitting a number of different tones at once. During the 1986 visit of
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