“ I wondered if the pipes could be turned into giant flutes, and if a machine could make some of the girders vibrate and produce tones. After thinking about how girders vibrate when a truck or a train goes over a metal bridge, it seemed just a matter of working out the mechanics of playing a building.
Source: David Byrne, who will turn New York’s Battery Maritime Building into a giant sound installation that visitors can play like an instrument. Opens May 31st
