What’s the difference between a flash mob and an impromptu installation? As anyone who happened to be at the Met this afternoon could tell you: not much. At noon, the 20-or-so members of the band Alarm Will Sound laid down their bodies and picked up their string instruments to perform “Cliffs” by Aphex Twin in the Charles Engelhard Court.
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How many people thought this was a David Byrne thing, do you think?