Plant Music

I’m really pleased to announce the launch of my most technologically ambitious project to date, entitled Plant Music.

Plant Music began as a pedagogical exercise in learning how to work with Arduino microcomputers, and to achieve a modest artistic outcome from this process. The piece soon burgeoned into a larger multimedia project involving video, live electronics, multiple found percussion instruments, and touch sensitive houseplants. Additionally, the pedagogical nature of the piece grew, with explorations into graphic notation, aleatoric writing, and live-sampling all adding to the overall creation of the work.

Movement 1: Seeds is a textural exploration into the emergence of life.

Movement 2: Growth is a dynamic conversation between performer and electronics. An erratic burst of energy and strength as plant speaks to wood.

Movement 3: Photosynchosis is a corrupted process. A dark and glitched version of what was once perfectly balanced. Now forever changed from human interference.

Performed by: Tim Roth

Recorded by: Yu Tsz Long

Filmed by: Zakriya Bashir-Hill

Video Editing/Projection: Steven Webb

Mixing/Mastering: Steven Webb