ILAP: The Mayer Dossier (Part 1)
Exhibition in the foyer of the Saalbau Neukölln
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Evaluation of the recorded data
Sound point 1 Lipschitzallee N 52º 25.28' - E 13º 27.68' |
To collect further data at sound point 1 Mayer has set up a measuring device close by. In 1995 he already realised that this was an interesting site. Also, a friend of his living on the 5th floor of the tower block at the corner of Lipschitzallee / Sollmannweg noticed that many people seemed particularly interested in that spot.
The curved tower block named after Walter Gropius close to sound point 1 functions as a giant aerial to locate the waves. Even during its construction the front building facing the West was used as an aerial, although originally it was planned as an open balcony. The ingenious design of the aerial is easy to recognise. On the 11th floor Mayer has managed to capture all waves sent from the sound point.
On the 14th June 2002, measurements were carried out at the total station TCA 1102 situated on the 11th floor of the Gropius building in Fritz-Erler-Allee. For these measurements a new connecting point was created on the lawn. This spot was chosen because all points could be located from there, and also because there is an aerial view over that site. For the measuring of the field, 18 rectangles were cut from coloured cardboard and attached to sticks. These objects were placed at each measuring point. However, the colourful sign was only used for the test mapping. With the help of the aerial view it was possible to compare the reference coordinates with the other points in Neukölln. Hereby the estimated positions of the waves were digitised from the aerial view by 1:1.000. This digitisation proved the precision of the field measurement (with compass and measuring band). It became apparent that an imprecise field measurement had no influence on the measuring results.
After detailed evaluation of the measurements Mayer discovered in June 2005 the following sequence of letters:
He, he, wanna wawate,
He, he, wanna wawate,
Wasna watinke,
Wasna watinke!
Mayer's first impression was that the sound or tones related to an Indian language. Later on a British scientist argued: 'The Indians talk Welsh with greater purity than is spoken in the principality of Wales itself.' This argument was followed by similar ones, which proved to be sheer assumption: The Spanish assured that they had heard Indians speak Basque; the Dutch were certain that there was a touch of Frisian to be detected. Theologs came to the astonishing conclusion that it had similarities to Hebrew.
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13th May 1992: Further sound measurements on the pipe at Schmiedingenpfad. |
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Fritz-Erler-Allee 14: A part of the wave receiver on the 11th floor. |
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3. In 1997 Mayer set up an exhibition of his homemade instruments at Kormoranweg in Neukölln. Today some of those instruments remain inactive, while others are in use at various sites. |
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Sound point 4: Kleingartenkolonie Am Buschkrug N52º 26.98' E 13º 27.38' |
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5. Sound point 3: Parchimerallee N52º 26.68' E 13º 27.48' |
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Sound point 1: Lipschitzallee. Beginning of the marking on April 30th 2001: Bolo-comp. 7.8 Ground frequency 3.2 Background streaming 2.7 |
Pictures: ILAP