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New York day trip – great show at Ronald Feldman, good show at Pace MacGill and great walk on the Highline

Cate and I took a leisurely downtown walk one day late last month and saw one interesting show and one fantastic show. And because we both love it so, we took another walk on the Highline.

Weekly Update – Two great public art pieces in New York

This week’s Weekly has my review of two New York public art projects, David Byrne‘s Playing the Building and Olafur Eliasson‘s New York City Waterfalls. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. And see Libby’s post on the waterfalls. See more waterfall pix at flickr. See more Playing the Building pix. Olafur Eliasson, New York City Waterfalls, Governor’s Island Summer’s a great time to go on safari and see public art and right now New York’s got the goods: David Byrne’s “Playing the Building” at the Battery Park Maritime Building and Olafur Eliasson’s “The New York ... More » »

David Byrne’s Playing the Building

Movie by Cate Fallon of David Byrne’s Playing the Building Inside the Battery Maritime Building on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays this summer you can take a turn playing David Bryne‘s interactive, tricked-out antique organ (pull out all the stops and push the foot pedals and all).  The sounds made by the organ are not musical notes but sonic tweets, squeeks, clanks, rattles and throaty whoots made by metal attachments and other gizmos the artist attached to the building then hooked up to the organ so the organ “plays” the building when you play the organ.   The project reminded me of ... More » »