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Playing the Building is 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 created something very beautiful, even if the sounds are not the usual harmonies we are used to, the aesthetics of the installation is exciting and moving. It brings to mind thought about connectivity and a fresh angle to look at everyday noises as music. Our environments don’t have to be neutral, they can speak, interact, move, and sing to us, all we have to do it listen to them.
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Tags: Activations, Aesthetics, Beams, Connectivity, David Byrne, Elements, Environments, Giant, Harmonies, Infrastructure, music, Musical Instrument, Pillars, Vibration, Water Pipes
From My Blog: Playing A Building http://is.gd/3fZAt
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