Bloggy Goodness: Byrne’ing Down The House

When former Talking Heads front man David Byrne isn’t busying biking around town, blogging or sitting in with Paul Simon he’s been hard at work on his lastest project – Playing The Building – a 9,000 square foot interactive site at the Battery Maritime Building near South Ferry in Lower Manhattan.

Visitors to the installation are literally invited to “play on retrofitted antique organ, that vibrate, strike, and blow across the building’s elements, triggering unique harmonics and producing finely tuned sounds.” The Village Voice sat down with Byrne to discuss the unique project that will be open until mid-August.

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