The Art of Noise, Explored

[mjzee]

If you don't spend a lot of time at the Museum of Modern Art, you might not notice that the comfortable padded seating outside the third-floor restrooms is missing.

In its place, a familiar yet displaced sight: a 10-foot wooden subway bench. And when you sit down, the timber hums in a way that can be felt rather than heard.

That buzz comes courtesy of strategically placed transducers installed by the New York-based sound artist Sergei Tcherepnin. The piece, "Motor-Matter Bench," is part of "Soundings: A Contemporary Score," a group exhibition opening Saturday that is the museum's first dedicated to aural art.

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WSJ

[Noj]

Here I thought this might be about the band.

Thanks for the interesting link, any hoot.