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Marco ScoffierMarco and Miwa -- seeing silenceseeing silence this is a project we would like to propose to the MTA, a system of led lights which blink like fire-flies but only when there is no sound. At certain times at night, for a few moments there is silence in the Subway, and the twinkling will start-up. We will have a prototype of the system installed at an interesting location near Flux Into the Light of Things: The Art of the Commonplace from Wordsworth to John CageMarco had been talking about this book, and I finally got a copy. Excellent in that it traces a history of what we might consider a very contemporary idea, of the disappearance of the Art object. Wordsworth actually called out to his readers to put down the book and go experience the world. The book does have its problems, it is sometimes difficult to read because of the number of quotations and paraphrasing, but all in all it does provide some nice background thoughts for this show. I'll write more when I have |