Sound Carnival, (sculpture).

Sound Carnival, (sculpture).

Buchen, Bill, 1949- , sculptor.

Buchen, Mary, 1948- , sculptor.

Montoya-Rodriguez, architectural firm.

Sound Carnival, (sculpture).

Stainless steel, bronze, and sound.

A pair of playgrounds located in an interior courtyard includes steel "telephone tubes," bronze drums (which also serve as seats and tables) in several Drum Circles where sound travels underground, large parabolic dishes, and stainless steel palm trees which are played by slapping the ends of tuned pipes. The Drum Circle includes 5 Baha drums of Haitiain origin and conga-shaped drums of Afro-Cuban origin. Suspended in the finials of the fence and embedded in the asphalt of the play area are stainless steel cut-outs of students' and teachers' hands.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum

Object -- Other -- Telephone

Landscape -- Tree -- Palm Tree

Figure -- Fragment -- Hand

Architecture -- Other -- Playground

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn

Administered by City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019

Located Public School 244, 5400 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, New York

The sculpture was funded through the City's Percent for Art Program.

City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program, 1997.

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