David Byrne Receives Webby Award, Walks Online TV Through "Playing the Building"

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David Byrne will receive a special Webby Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the 12th annual Webby Awards Gala at New York's Cipriani Wall Street, hosted by master of ceremonies Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live. The Webbys are the leading international award recognizing excellence on the Internet. Byrne's Playing the Building, a special, site-specific sound installation at New York City's Maritime Building, has been the talk of the town since it opened on May 31 ...

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David Byrne will receive a special Webby Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the 12th annual Webby Awards Gala at New York's Cipriani Wall Street, hosted by master of ceremonies Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live. The Webbys are the leading international award recognizing excellence on the Internet. Also being honored tonight, as Webby Person of the Year, is Stephen Colbert. For more information, visit webbyawards.com.

Byrne's Playing the Building, a special, site-specific sound installation at New York City's Maritime Building, has been the talk of the town since it opened on May 31. For the project, Byrne converted a cavernous open space at the former Brooklyn ferry terminal to allow visitors to create a variety of sounds through a centrally located converted pump organ.

He walks PitchforkTV's Nitsuh Abebe through the installation in a video at pitchfork.tv. Boing Boing TV's Xeni Jardin also gets a guided tour from the artist. You can watch it at tv.boingboing.net

Playing the Building runs through August 10 and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit davidbyrne.com.

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  • Tuesday, June 10, 2008
    David Byrne Receives Webby Award, Walks Online TV Through "Playing the Building"

    David Byrne will receive a special Webby Lifetime Achievement Award tonight at the 12th annual Webby Awards Gala at New York's Cipriani Wall Street, hosted by master of ceremonies Seth Meyers of Saturday Night Live. The Webbys are the leading international award recognizing excellence on the Internet. Also being honored tonight, as Webby Person of the Year, is Stephen Colbert. For more information, visit webbyawards.com.

    Byrne's Playing the Building, a special, site-specific sound installation at New York City's Maritime Building, has been the talk of the town since it opened on May 31. For the project, Byrne converted a cavernous open space at the former Brooklyn ferry terminal to allow visitors to create a variety of sounds through a centrally located converted pump organ.

    He walks PitchforkTV's Nitsuh Abebe through the installation in a video at pitchfork.tv. Boing Boing TV's Xeni Jardin also gets a guided tour from the artist. You can watch it at tv.boingboing.net

    Playing the Building runs through August 10 and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit davidbyrne.com.

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