orchestrina

The maelstrom of travel through LAX calms down when you walk into the Orchestrina.

The Orchestrina, a public art installation from the staple L.A. radio and event collective Dublab, is part of a new three-year contract for the station to program live music and sound art at LAX.

As passengers are on edge over the many things going wrong in the skies these days, from blown-out door plugs in midair to mushroom-tripping pilots, the Orchestrina is a brief moment of tasteful, sensory peace.

Dublab got the call from LAX Art Program Director Sarah Cifarelli to build Orchestrina back in 2019; after pandemic delays and tweaks to the tech that began in 2021, Orchestrina is formally up and running to the public and will stay for at least three years.

Musical Instruments -- N. musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina†.