Speaking of reclaimed urban spaces interacting with their environment, It's Nice That just flagged this wonderful and charmingly interactive installation on the corner of Mercer and Washington Place in Manhattan…

Entitled Bird on a Wire, a pair of backlit storefront windows play home to an silhouetted flock of birds, perched on the windows' sills and a projected telephone pole. By calling the telephone number on the window, passers-by instantly set the individually animated birds to action, flapping and fluttering about the space, while the caller listens to the sounds of the flock on their phone.

Simple and imminently playful, Bird on a Wire also reminds us, again, just how engaging interactions between urban and 'natural' environments can be.

Bird on a Wire from inessy s on Vimeo.