While evolving from a trajectory of previous works that explored sound through deconstructive and re-combinatory methods, for sale Marla Hlady’s most recent work takes this exploration to a grander scale. Playing Piano takes up (and apart) one of the most popular and complex musical instruments. Stripped down, altered and refashioned, Hlady’s piano is made to function in unexpected ways. With the addition of microprocessor-controlled machines and the appropriation of old piano rolls, Playing Piano subverts expectations as other unanticipated sounds are generated. Here the piano plays in more ways than one: its play is not only with music and sound but also with the guiding assumptions and conventions that determine their limits.