Mr. Andrew Bird has always been a hugely popular at the Grocerystowe, and our admiration of Ian Schneller's horn speakers has been previously documented here. As has the connection between Mr. Bird and Mr. Schneller. Their latest collaboration, however, makes me want to cut the legs off a pair of my jeans just so i can use the term 'cream in my jorts' to express the magnitude of my excitement. The two Chicago-based artists are teaming up to create an audio-visual landscape/performance piece for the Guggenheim's Dark Sounds Series (which also includes Beirut!).
I can't imagine a more fitting setting for the performance than Frank Lloyd Wright's nautilus-inspired building. It'll be a rumination on experimentation by master craftsmen inside a rumination on experimentation by a master craftsman, amplified by hundreds of artist-created horns inside a giant artist-created horn. 
The photos above are from the photo journal on the Speciman website, and there's a ton more of them worth checking out.
Also, Mr. Bird just contributed to the Voice Project, a noble and artistic cause. I believe their logo includes artwork by the late mission school legend Margaret Kilgallen.
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