December 12, 2007
City Block Long Stereo System
For the last 15 years, Phil Kline has orchestrated Unsilent Night, a kind of flashmob musical bombardment. He invites as many people to attend as possible and then distributes pre-recored tapes he’s made (CDs and Mp3 have been incorporated over the years). Everyone pops them into the boombox they brought and then the group collectively blasts it into public spaces. Kline describes his outdoor ambient music piece as being like a “Christmas caroling party except that we don’t sing, but rather carry boomboxes, each playing a separate tape which is a “voice” in the piece. In effect, we become a city block long stereo system!
Kline’s event has spread to 25 cities and last year’s events in San Francisco and New York attracted over 1000 spectators with several hundred boomboxes. This year in New York, they plan to meet at the Arch in Washington Square and then walk through the streets to Tomkin Square Park. The event will take place on Dec 15 at 6:45 and end around 8 o’clock.
[via Gridskipper]
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