These images are from David Byrne's installation play the building. I love old buildings by the water. Byrne built his organ to play the materials of the building as 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. There 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. I enjoyed the sound but found the surfaces of the building as wonderful visual departure points.
Shadows become lines
White painted broken glass inspires clay shards
White painted broken glass inspires clay shardsThe space is an opportunity for play whether visual or audio.
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