Note: As Rammel preferred not to submit a statement, the following comments are those of the curator.

The Highway Construction still-life presents a radically different approach to the project. Eschewing the use of digital sampling equipment, Rammel chooses to record the objects he has chosen (including some of his trademark constructed instruments) in two different states: "at rest" and "in action". In the "at rest" state (presented here), the objects are placed on a highway, photographed, and "recorded": we hear the unmistakeable sounds of a highway, yet the sound of the instruments is absent - it is the sound of a group of objects at rest, in situ.

These same objects are then recorded "in action" for the composition included on the compilation CD, with Rammel physically manipulating the objects to create a sound piece in the same location (one hopes Rammel at least moved off to the edge of the highway for this performance!).

An intriguing exploration of serenity and danger, Rammel's still-life offers a deceptively simple approach that frames a work of considerable conceptual depth.