September 11 Digital Archive

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.

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Sonic Memorial: Source Ref Name

SMS031.1

Sonic Memorial: Source Type

archival

Sonic Memorial: Duration

07:41:00

Sonic Memorial: Creation Date

2001-05-01

Sonic Memorial: Keyword

Nighttime Sound
Artist
Ambient Sound

Citation

“Francisco López, Buildings [New York], Part 1 [Archival Audio],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/95353.