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<p>Will somebody please pay me to follow David Byrne around with a camera? Remember the <a href=”https://www.utne.com/arts/tour-talking-heads-david-byrne-office-guntzel.aspx” target=”_self”>video tour of his office</a>? I do. Now we have <a href=”http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2009/august1/playing-the-building” target=”_blank”>Byrne literally playing a building</a>, specifically the Roundhouse in London. <strong>Creative Review</strong> explains:</p>
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<em>The installation sees Byrne convert the main space at the Roundhouse into a huge musical instrument, which can be played by visitors via an old pump organ keyboard that sits in the centre of the space. Attached to the organ are numerous pipes and strings that are linked to elements of the building’s structure to create noise. Some of the sounds are made by wind being forced through the pipes, eliciting a whistling sound, while elsewhere small strikers clang and bang the metal columns, and other machines cause the metal crossbeams in the building to vibrate, causing a humming sound. The disorganised and at times cacophonous results reveal a new way of thinking about the building, as well as about the creation of music.</em>
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<p>Byrne’s <a href=”http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/art_projects/playing_the_building/index.php” target=”_blank”>Playing the Building</a> instillation has been around for a few years. Here’s a video from its appearance in New York City. Delightful:</p>
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<strong>Source: <a href=”http://www.creativereview.co.uk/home” target=”_blank”>Creative Review</a>
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