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Drawn here by a post from the Sunset Pianos organizers, I had the chance to attend the unveiling of Brian Goggin’s and Dorka Keehn’s new artwork “And My Room Still Rocks Like a Boat on the Sea (Caruso’s Dream)” on 9th Street off Market this evening. Funded by the 1% for Art program, which requires all construction of a certain size downtown to provide public art totalling 1% of the construction cost, the piece is a collection of 13 glass pianos dangling off of a new uber trendy apartment building at the location.

Tonight, a chorus of 12 grand pianos, conducted by Mauro ffortissimo (the man behind the delightful Sunset Pianos) was followed by an performance from the Extra Action Marching Band, while three women in red rappeled from the roof to take the wraps off of the artwork.  Good show.