Supplemental Shrubbery Sound Source

Supplemental Shrubbery Sound Source

an installation at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

May 6 - October 30, 2007
SCEE, 8480 Hagy's Mill Road, Philadelphia

Opening reception: Sunday May 6th 5:30-8:30pm

An array of motion sensitive modules are installed along a section of the nature trail. When someone walks past, the modules emit sounds which supplement the sounds occurring naturally in the environment. The sound samples are arranged along the path in a sequence which proceeds from the most "natural" to the most "man-made". The effect varies depending upon which way one happens to be moving along the path. At the "natural" end, it is not clear whether what one is hearing is part of the installation or part of the (natural) landscape. Central to this installation are questions about what constitutes "natural" versus "man-made". Just as man has dramatically modified the environment through the introduction of invasive species and transformed the landscape with technological intervention, this installation will supplement and modify the forest's sound environment, both subtly and dramatically, with invasive and technological additions.

For more information:
http://www.noisemantra.com/Shrubbery/S4.htm


Supplemental Shrubbery Sound Source is part of Green Machine, a multi-media exhibition featuring work by Chris Vecchio, Keiko Miyamori, and Katie Murken in partnership with P'unk Avenue.
http://www.inliquid.com/features/greenmachine/index.html