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Remember David Byrne’s Julio - the creepy realistic animatronic singer?
Byrne has written a post from the opening, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid. In the post, he elaborates on the show and his throughts on his man-machine:
I don’t think what I’ve addressed thus far really engages the supposed theme of [...]

 

OT: This video, for Toe Jam by The Brighton Port Authority, is insanely infections and NSFW to boot. 
David Byrne is showing up all over the place, lately. This isn’t really an electronic or experimental release, but it does make everybody want to get nekkid and dance!
Now, if they’d just post the uncensored version…..

 

 
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David Byrne is keeping busy.
While he just opened his audio installation Playing the Building, he’s working on a new project, involving animatronic robots.
Byrne explains:
About a year ago, I was approached by some Spanish curators to participate in a show scheduled to open at the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid at the end of [...]

 

Remember the news about David Byrne’s latest project, Playing the Building?
Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by David Byrne, will transform the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.”
Byrne’s project will consist of a retrofitted antique organ [...]

 

David Byrne has announced the opening of his electroacoustic installation Playing the Building.
Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation transforms the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.”
Byrne’s project consists of a retrofitted antique organ placed in the [...]

 

Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by David Byrne, will transform the interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.”
Byrne’s project will consist of a retrofitted antique organ placed in the center of the building’s cavernous second-floor gallery [...]

 

David Byrne and Brian Eno are working together again, planning an album and possibly a tour:
The dream art-rock team of David Byrne and Brian Eno will return with new, strange fruit soon, the former Talking Heads man told NME.com recently.
Speaking at an event in New York, Byrne revealed that the duo had rekindled the relationship [...]