DEEP LISTENINGS
Originating from the sounds of natural plants, it embodies the energy of the future. Through underground roots and networks, it exchanges information and nutrients, representing an invisible wisdom of mutual assistance and symbiosis, omnipresent in transmitting and filtering information, embedding itself into spaces through iteration and integration. At every moment, nature feeds frequencies back to the network, transforming into a neural grid field. Intelligent learning, generation, and construction lead to a rational intelligent system. Exploring conditions for collective coexistence and life co-creation, it advocates for equality and harmonious connections.
PI aims to explore different combinations of collective participation, balancing and synthesising future soundscapes, realising and reorganising them, and reflecting on natural ethics and future societal changes. Most importantly, it draws strength from nature and life.
Sound design @Tong Niu
Performance on Wednesday 13 Dec
IKLECTIK, Old Paradise Yard,
20 Carlisle Lane, London, SE1 7LG
Soundscapes,
AV programming,
live performance,
Digital storytelling,
Synthesizer
2’ 40，
(12, 2023)
Based on this concept, Visual artist Iris Zhang began her visual creation,“ To depict the informatization and communicability of plants, internal plant information transmission is achieved through cellular vibrations, with the transmitted electrical signals promoting changes in cytoplasmic calcium concentration. Signal transmission between plants occurs through VOCs (volatile organic compounds like MeJA) and underground mycorrhizal networks. Using these findings, I extracted primary colors from the calcium spectrum, simulating the internal information transmission process within plants. This serves as a foundation to speculate and envision the interactive relationship between human and plant intelligence in the decomposition and symbiosis of information.”