Maleficarum
06-11-2008, 04:30 AM
http://s.buzzfeed.com/static/campaign_images/2008/6/10/17/8f1e706bf94159656e7a867c32793bf5.jpg (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Feliot%2Fplaying-the-building)CULTURE BUZZ – Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has extended his resume of ambitious artistic endeavors with this new interactive installation in which he essentially transforms a massive, empty ferry terminal at the southern tip of Manhattan into an interactive instrument. All the music is manipulated by an a single church organ that connects to the sprawling architecture through endlessly long cables, all of which basically equates to how church would look if it were awesome.
The Best Links:
See David Play [The Building] On BoingBoing TV (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2008%2F06%2F10 %2Fbbtv-david-byrne-pla.html)
The Cool Kids Are Down With Byrne (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.tv%2Fspecial-presentation%2Fdavid-byrne)
“Anyone Can Sound Good—whether They Are an Amateur, Or an Accomplished Musician.” (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypress.com%2Fblogx%2Fdisplay_b log.cfm%3Fbid%3D31710599)
“A Marriage of the Industrial and the Sublime.” (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Farts%2Fclassicaldance%2 Fclassical%2Freviews%2F47381%2F)
David Byrne’s Self-Penned Reaction to Opening Night (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjournal.davidbyrne.com%2F2008%2F05% 2F05312008-playin.html)
How “Playing the Building” Makes the Record Industry Look Bad (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.wired.com%2Fmusic%2F2008%2F05% 2Fdavid-byrne-con.html)
“You Have the Power,” Says Byrne (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fs tory.php%3FstoryId%3D91106423)View the Buzz » (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Feliot%2Fplaying-the-building)
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The Best Links:
See David Play [The Building] On BoingBoing TV (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boingboing.net%2F2008%2F06%2F10 %2Fbbtv-david-byrne-pla.html)
The Cool Kids Are Down With Byrne (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpitchfork.tv%2Fspecial-presentation%2Fdavid-byrne)
“Anyone Can Sound Good—whether They Are an Amateur, Or an Accomplished Musician.” (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nypress.com%2Fblogx%2Fdisplay_b log.cfm%3Fbid%3D31710599)
“A Marriage of the Industrial and the Sublime.” (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Farts%2Fclassicaldance%2 Fclassical%2Freviews%2F47381%2F)
David Byrne’s Self-Penned Reaction to Opening Night (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjournal.davidbyrne.com%2F2008%2F05% 2F05312008-playin.html)
How “Playing the Building” Makes the Record Industry Look Bad (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.wired.com%2Fmusic%2F2008%2F05% 2Fdavid-byrne-con.html)
“You Have the Power,” Says Byrne (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fs tory.php%3FstoryId%3D91106423)View the Buzz » (http://ct.buzzfeed.com/rd?c=buzzfeed&ca=playing-the-building&s=feed&d=0x0&p=0&ok=default&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Feliot%2Fplaying-the-building)
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