Rabid Hands: Sequence of Waves

This weekend, the collective Rabid Hands took over St. Cecilia's Convent in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, filling it with sound sculptures by more than 40 artists. A few of the pieces were downright frightening, to be honest (and being in a rickety old convent reinforced the horror movie atmosphere). Others, however, like the interactive sound objects by Steven Milton and Terence Caulkins --- bottles, piano pieces, and cymbals attached to transducers and meant to be manipulated by visitors --- were ingenious and captivating, a clear note of intelligence in cacophonous times.