TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE
Of The Bridge (AD005)
2003
Matt Bua + Matt Mikas + Tom Roe
A collaboration between three sound artists who live and work next to the Williamsburg Bridge. Bua, Mikas and Roe use found sounds from the Williamsburg Bridge, with sounds of their own creation and samples from Sonny Rollins' "The Bridge" song. (Rollins woodshedded on top of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1961 and then released his heady "The Bridge" album.) Of The Bridge is both a CD-R (with Quicktime movie) and a vinyl LP with lock-groove elements.