Ravedeath, 1972
Revisiting Tim Hecker's uncanny ambient masterpiece
In 1972, students of Boston’s MIT pushed a piano off its roof.
The instrument, broken beyond repair, had been sitting around one of the dorm buildings, Baker House, taking up space.
During a house meeting, a student named Charlie Bruno suggested an unusual solution to the bulk waste issue.
The MIT’s student handbook didn’t explicitly prohibit pushing thin…
