Playing the Building

Project Added: December 7, 2020
Project Point of Contact: [email protected]
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In an empty warehouse sits a brown piano. Strings go from the piano to the ceiling.

Installation Photo, Playing the Building

Justin Ouellette

Arts-and Intersections:

Art, Infrastructure

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Location:

New York, New York

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Genre/Discipline:

Music

Population Density:

Urban

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Project Website:

http://davidbyrne.com/explore/playing-the-building

OVERVIEW

David Byrne's Playing the Building was an interactive sound sculpture installation. It consisted of a retrofitted antique organ, when played, the keys controlled a series of devices attached to architectural features that vibrated, struck, and blew across the building's elements.

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