Last weekend: Play The Building by David Byrne

This weekend is the last chance to experience this beautiful sound installation by David Byrne that’s been going on since 31st of May.

Creative Time presents Playing the building, a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument.

David Byrne - Play The Building
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Noon – 6PM
Battery Maritime Building, 10 South Street, New York City
Subway Stop: Whitehall St, South Ferry Station
Free

Posted by Georg | Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 | Leave a Response

One Response to "Last weekend: Play The Building by David Byrne"

1. Esa Says:
   August 21st, 2008 at 2:03 pm

   I second this suggestion! Go see this piece and while you are at it go for a ride to Governors Island…