Talking Heads Frontman Turns Building Is An Instrument
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Ex-Talking Heads mainman David Byrne plans to turn a landmark building in Manhattan into a giant musical instrument.State officials allowed Byrne to create a temporary installation in the Great Hall of the Battery Maritime Building, which is next to the Whitehall Ferry Terminal.
??Battery Maritime Building, New York City??The "Playing the Building" art installation centers on the organ, which sprouts colorful tubes that lead to metal beams, columns, pipes, electrical conduits and other elements of the building. Pressing a key triggers different sounds throughout, such as clanking hammers on pipes or a motor vibrating against ceiling beams.
??Play a building!??"When people sit down they start looking around and noticing that when they play, different things start happening around the space," Byrne said of his creation."It's really that moment when people just see that they're doing it themselves, that's a really wonderful moment. You can see it in people's faces," the artist-musician said while clanging and high-pitched sounds filled the air."The installation, which originally was on display in Stockholm a few years ago, will be in New York until August 10.Byrne's official site:http://www.davidbyrne.com/
??Battery Maritime Building, New York City??The "Playing the Building" art installation centers on the organ, which sprouts colorful tubes that lead to metal beams, columns, pipes, electrical conduits and other elements of the building. Pressing a key triggers different sounds throughout, such as clanking hammers on pipes or a motor vibrating against ceiling beams.??Play a building!??"When people sit down they start looking around and noticing that when they play, different things start happening around the space," Byrne said of his creation."It's really that moment when people just see that they're doing it themselves, that's a really wonderful moment. You can see it in people's faces," the artist-musician said while clanging and high-pitched sounds filled the air."The installation, which originally was on display in Stockholm a few years ago, will be in New York until August 10.Byrne's official site:http://www.davidbyrne.com/
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