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Sound Playground, (sculpture). Artist:  Buchen, Bill, 1949- , sculptor. Buchen, Mary, 1948- , sculptor. FitzGerald, Patrick, fabricator. Pfaffman, Scott, fabricator. Denni, Richard, fabricator. Title:  Sound Playground, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Parabolic Bench, (sculpture). Big Eyes/Big Ears, (sculpture). Echo Chamber, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, steel, concrete, and optics. Description:  Interactive outdoor installation in courtyard and playground area of school involving five groupings of sculptural elements for investigating sound, music and visual experiences. Pieces include hollow bronze tables and seats which can function as drums. Parabolic Bench, invites children up an inclined walkway that leads between two large stainless steel dishes, and, as children clap their hands or sing, sound waves bounce between the dishes. At the 17 foot tall sculpture - Big Eyes/Big Ears, children can peer into a rotating periscope which shows them a view of the world six feet above their heads, while simultaneously transmitting sounds down to their ears. Echo Chamber invites children to speak and listen to their voices reverberate through a buried storm drain, forty feet wide, designed to collect rainwater. Across the top of a chainlink fence, small wind bells chime. Large bells of a carillon on the roof can be programmed to play songs composed by students and teachers. Subject:  Object -- Musical Instrument -- Cymbal Object -- Furniture -- Table Object -- Furniture -- Chair Architecture -- Other -- Playground Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Board of Education, Public Art for Public Schools, 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513, Long Island City, New York 11101 Located Public School 23, 2151 Washington Avenue, Outdoor courtyard, playground and bell tower, New York, New York 10457 Remarks:  The sculpture cost $180,000 and was funded through the City's Percent for Art Program. IAS files contain the Board of Education's artist information sheet that provides the artists' descriptions of the installation. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: BILL AND MARY BUCHEN/SOUND PLAYGROUND 1992 (additional text continues). References:  City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program, 1997. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS NY000151   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NY000151 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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