The Art of Summer – ‘The Music of Gridlock’
By: Jon Pareles
This article talks about like the other articles find artful things in everyday life, but this one specifically talks about it on a musical level. It is also something we are a part of but do not usually take the time to notice. An example of this would be the industrial musical din that is the subway platform. There’s lots of noise different noises that all work together to make this symphony possible. The constant clacking of feet on the ground, the sound of subways rushing by, the screech of the subway breaks, the whoosh of sound and it comes through a platform, and of course this is also intermingled with the sounds of music, of a lone violin playing down the platform in a mournful way. All this as I have listen to actual industrial music, which is harsh, rhythmic and melodic, just as the subway sounds are.
Clip of the violinist
