Traders on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange on August 4, 2010 in New York City (Getty Images)
Jad presents a piece by one of his favorite producers: Ben Rubin. Rubin created this audio portrait called 'Open Outcry' as a part of a sound installation called Sonic Garden commissioned to celebrate the reopening of the Winter Garden, an atrium space within the World Financial Center, after 9/11.
Want to learn more about this piece? Ben did an interesting interview for the Third Coast International Audio Festival and you can learn more about this piece and his approach here.
Comments [6]
I just found this and have to point out the errors, the NYMEX floor was not destroyed on 9/11 nor was it's building in the WFC damaged in any way, what was destroyed was the floor NYMEX left behind when it moved from 4 WTC in 1999. The NYBOT was still there in 4 WTC and was destroyed on 9/11, NYBOT was formed by combining the coffee & sugar exchange and cotton exchange.
Reminds me of the good old days down there!
Goodness! i must have that mp3 of Open Outcry!
I can't believe that this screaming bunch of idiots get to determine how much you and I get screwed by day to day prices
I liked it!
I'm certain I've heard that piece in its entirety before. Does anyone else recall this, or was it a dream I had? It's good to hear it again. Thanks, Radiolab.
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