After years of neglect, a 115-year old synagogue on the Lower East Side has suddenly started to get noisy again. Echoing in its main sanctuary are voices, but also groans and ear-piercing shrieks. Next Big Thing producer Julie Subrin takes us on a tour of this a site-specific audio installation, created by sound artist Matthew Ostrowski for the Eldridge Street Project. If you’d like to hear more of Ostrowski’s piece, click here.
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