NEWSWORTHY: David Byrne "Plays The Building" in Manhattan
Many thanks to a co-worker for this hawt art/music tip!
This past weekend in Lower Manhattan, Creative Time premiered "Playing the Building," a nine-thousand square foot site-specific sculptural work by David Byrne of Talking Heads fame. "Playing the Building" subsumes the Battery Maritime Building with an organ that derives its sounds from various interactions between cables, objects, and the architecture and plumbing of the space itself.
The back of the organ centerpiece
Solar receptor/vibrator on pipe
For more, check out video interviews from Independent Television News Limited on various visitors' reactions. Also click on over to David Byrne's personal blog for sound recordings of the organ/building being played!
Here is a quick YouTube clip of the organ:
For a higher quality visual of the installation of the piece, see Creative Time's official video, or go there in person! I am definitely planning to attend, and promise to follow up.
The exhibition is free and open to the public Friday-Sunday from noon-6 pm until August 10, 2008.
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