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Andrew Bird Brings Sound Sculpture Installation to Guggenheim Museum

Photo via Specimen Products Whistling indie star Andrew Bird has teamed up with sculptor and inventor Ian Schneller on a sound sculpture called "Sonic Arboretum", which will come to New York's Guggenheim Museum on August 5. Schneller, formerly of the 80s experimental indie band Shrimp Boat, has built an army of various-sized horn speakers shaped like old-fashioned Victrolas, which will be arranged into an "ecosystem" on the Guggenheim's rotunda floor. If you've seen Andrew Bird play live, yo...

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00:24 on June 29 2010

Announcing Andrew Bird & Ian Schneller's Sonic Arboretum -- Debuting Thu. 8/5 in NY

Altsounds — Envision a *Sonic Arboretum* -- a symphonic field of poppies, a prairie of sound, a forest floor of hornlings -- all parts of one “ecosystem.” Musicia... more info
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17:40 on June 29 2010

Andrew Bird Brings Sound Sculpture Installation to Guggenheim Museum

Pitchfork — Photo via Specimen Products Whistling indie star Andrew Bird has teamed up with sculptor and inventor Ian Schneller on a sound sculpture called "Sonic Arboretum", which... more info
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