DAVID BYRNE
2009-08-17The Roundhouse will be converted into a giant musical instrument which members of the public will be invited to play. An old pump organ will be set at the heart of the Main Space with a series of cables and wires attached to the building’s structure – metal beams, pillars and pipes – which will make the different elements vibrate, resonate and oscillate.
Artist/musician David Byrne has created public art installations in New York, Toronto, Tokyo, Sydney, Valencia, Stockholm, Belfast and San Francisco, and has been publishing and exhibiting his work in galleries and museums internationally for the past two decades. He’s well known as co-founder of the group Talking Heads (1976–88).
Installation open through to August 31st, 2009
