A few months back, a one-line e-mail dropped in the Space inbox: “I think my apartment is pretty sweet.” Not much to go on. My curiosity was piqued, however, so I got all Law & Order to find out what, exactly, was so sweet about it. Turns out Jonn Wallen’s West Town abode is pretty sweet, actually, boasting a collection of vintage electronics and a whole lotta wood.
Wallen also has a penchant for wood—huge, solid wooden orbs rest on the floor, woodwork art hangs on the walls. He’s even modified the synthesizers to have wood paneling on the sides. “When I was a kid, I felt like wood was alive. It’s slow life,” he says. “It’s alive so slowly that humans can’t observe that it’s living.”
