Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy / Theresa Schubert (DE)
Photo showing the Project "Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy" by Theresa Schubert (DE) at the CyberArts Exhibition.
Sound for Fungi. Homage to Indeterminacy began as a laboratory experiment in which Schubert played sinus frequencies to fungi mycelia she collected from forests near her home in Berlin. After weeks of observing, most of them showed a positive response to the influence of sound by growing faster and denser than samples grown in silence. The interactive and generative video installation simulates Schubert’s experiment. Audiences can explore this biological process by using a tracking sensor, whereby hand movements simulate the role of a sound frequency and change the fungi’s growth in real time. The title refers to the American composer John Cage’s development of “indeterminacy” as an improvisational technique in which aspects of a composition are left open to chance, nature, or free choice. Improvisation—not so much as a musical process but understood as a natural life phenomenon—represents a condition of existence itself. With her work, the artist facilitates an interspecies experience which works best when visitors bring tranquility and patience to their interaction.
"Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy" received a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2021.
Credit: vog.photo
Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy / Theresa Schubert (DE)
Photo showing the Project "Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy" by Theresa Schubert (DE) at the CyberArts Exhibition.
Sound for Fungi. Homage to Indeterminacy began as a laboratory experiment in which Schubert played sinus frequencies to fungi mycelia she collected from forests near her home in Berlin. After weeks of observing, most of them showed a positive response to the influence of sound by growing faster and denser than samples grown in silence. The interactive and generative video installation simulates Schubert’s experiment. Audiences can explore this biological process by using a tracking sensor, whereby hand movements simulate the role of a sound frequency and change the fungi’s growth in real time. The title refers to the American composer John Cage’s development of “indeterminacy” as an improvisational technique in which aspects of a composition are left open to chance, nature, or free choice. Improvisation—not so much as a musical process but understood as a natural life phenomenon—represents a condition of existence itself. With her work, the artist facilitates an interspecies experience which works best when visitors bring tranquility and patience to their interaction.
"Sound For Fungi. Homage To Indeterminacy" received a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2021.
Credit: vog.photo