Planetary Listening

Willow Gatewood's Performance "Planetary Listening: a deep listening series exploring kinship to the living Earth through more-than-human songcraft" Join environmental scientist and interdisciplinary sound artist Willow for a performance series where deep listening meets ecological wonder. Willow weaves intimate art-pop, field recordings, and musical improvisation made in collaboration with plants and fungi through a process called biosonification to immerse the listener in a provocative sonic ecosystem and inspire connection between ourselves and the living, breathing Earth. An array of biosensors create emergent soundscapes influenced by conditions of the room and interactions between performer and organisms; biodata speaks to software, merging with Willow's voice and hands in an entangled stream of data that invites listeners to tune-in to both their bodies and vibrant diversity of life around. Notes on Biosonificaton: Biosonification involves turning biological processes within organisms into music or sound. Electrodes and a midi-data biosonification device convert changes in micro-conductivity in plants and fungi to midi notes, which "play" digital instruments.