Today, Kris and I went to check out Playing The Building: An Installation by David Byrne at the Battery Maritime Building, an old abandoned ferry terminal in Lower Manhattan. The installation consists of an old organ wired to various parts of the building with wires. Pressing the organ keys “plays” the building by triggering various mechanisms that create sound. An eerily, almost haunted house sort of feel. Perhaps it’s just easier to listen for yourselves: here is an MP3 recording of Lee-Sean and Kris playing the building. Here are 3 more recordings of other visitors playing the building.
More photos of Playing the Building on Flickr
More photos of Playing the Building on Flickr
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S of 52 Faces // Jun 4, 2008 at 4:59 pm
So kool! And weird!
I miss NY :’[
My work computer doesn’t have a sound card so I’ll have to listen at home.
S of 52 Faces // Jun 6, 2008 at 12:41 am
Okay I listened and I’d like to say:
That sh*t is WACK! It’s like that new M. Night Shyamalan movie. Something you’ll never recover from.
4-in-4 » Lee-Sean & Kris Remix the Building // Jan 12, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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LS & Kris Remix the Building | LEESEAN.NET // Jan 12, 2009 at 6:35 pm
[...] summer, Kris and I went to David Byrne’s Playing the Building installation in Lower Manhattan, which consisted of an old organ rewired to trigger various mechanisms that play sounds off of [...]
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