Francisco López, Buildings [New York], Part 1 [Archival Audio]
Title
Francisco López, Buildings [New York], Part 1 [Archival Audio]
Description
As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center as well as in other large buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn between January and March 2001. The piece, commissioned by Creative Time, was exhibited in the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage between May and July that year. This has been released on CD by V2, a record label from The Netherlands. What you hear here are excerpted from the hour long CD release.
Sonic memorial comments
3, 14 are WTC
Sonic memorial contact
Davia did interview with him too. They are trying to find it to send to us.
Francisco gave us web permission 1/28/03. Vanessa asked him for copy of interview.
Francisco gave us web permission 1/28/03. Vanessa asked him for copy of interview.
Sonic memorial creation date
2001-05-01
Sonic memorial duration
07:41:00
Sonic memorial is browsable
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Sonic memorial keyword
Nighttime Sound
Artist
Ambient Sound
Sonic memorial permission
web
Sonic memorial source ref name
SMS031.1
Sonic memorial source type
archival
Sonic memorial status
active
Source
digitally recorded
Media Type
audio
Collection
Citation
“Francisco López, Buildings [New York], Part 1 [Archival Audio],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95353/.
