![]() | ||
| What is Citynoise?..... Today's posts..... This month..... Recent Comments..... Contact..... RSS Feed.... Post your own Citynoise..... | ||
| http://www.citynoise.org | ||
browse by city
Brooklyn, NY (790) popular articles
Da Champ recent articles
Gods Eyes browse by author
Peter (808) hot topics
graffiti |
Sound Art Installation
[previous] :: [next]In late May, a sound-art piece by Max Neuhaus was reinstalled in Times Square, a seemingly odd location for a work whose subtle tones are easy to miss in the constant bustle and din of traffic. Sited under a subway ventilation grate at the northern end of a pedestrian island on Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets, the work, called Times Square, emits varoius sustained notes -- like the lingering tones of ringing bells -- using sound generators and a loudspeaker. Unwitting passerby might easily assume they're hearing the hum of subterranean machinery, if they notice at all. The work was initially installed at the site in 1977 and remained until 1992... This article has been viewed 4208 times in the last 6 years
Peter: 22nd Apr 2005 - 14:08 GMTyeah! we used to live near there, an avenue west of times square, and go listen to it alot. you just stand on a metal grating in the median and you an hear it very well. we dont live near there anymore, but anytime we pass it, we always stop and listen for a bit. ill try to get some photos of the plaque explaining it the next time i pass... Peter: 22nd Apr 2005 - 16:36 GMTalright... i was actually there this past sunday, and I should pass it again this weekend whe nI ride my bike to central park. I'll make some photos this time! fec tfv: 8th Nov 2005 - 23:05 GMTi miss those 1983 nyc trains in nyc,, use to love it when there were graffity all over ging to work.. wish if we could bring it back.. that was the good old days..tfv4life Comment on this article..[previous] :: [next] |
search citynoise.orgrecent discussions
Feeling Sixy?
from the archivesAbandoned Bus Shelter
recently viewed
Sound Art Installation |
concept and content © citynoise.org 2002 - 2008 : designed and maintained by
Jamie Thompson and
peter (rhodamine.org)
caveat: entries and comments on citynoise.org represent
the views of their respective authors; this is an open forum, open to
all relevant ideas,
and as such, sees minimal editorial interference. as such, all content
on this site remains property of its creator/author, and is therefore
protected by all applicable copyright laws.
| ||