The installation guaranteed to stop the most passersby in their tracks is Timothy Nohe's whimsical "META." Just outside the Shops at National Place on the southwest corner of 13th and F streets NW is a yellow newspaper vending box (or "rack," as it's known in the business). Most folks wouldn't give it a second glance, except that an all-weather personal CD player inside periodically squawks such Furby-like announcements as "downloading data" at top volume. Inside, an inexpensive Mac computer flashes a roster of newspaper mastheads from around the world, pointing to what Nohe calls the "tension between the electronic media and the print media."

Hear what it sounds like.

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