Plant Music

Plant Music

Duration: 17:20

Instrumentation: Percussion Solo, Live Electronics, Live Video

Technical Specifications: .wav 96kHz stereo audio, HD 1080p video

Performer: Tim Roth

Recording Engineer: Yu Tsz Long

Camera: Zakriya Bashir-Hill

Plant Music began as a pedagogical exercise in learning how to work with Arduino microcomputers, and to achieve a modest artistic outcome from the process. The piece soon burgeoned into a larger multimedia project involving video, live electronics, found percussion, 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

A textural exploration of plants and seeds and their emergence into life.

Movement 2: Growth

A dynamic conversation between performer and electronics. An erratic burst of energy and strength as plant speaks to wood.

Movement 3: Photosynchosis

A corrupted process. A dark and glitched version of what was once perfectly balanced. Now forever changed from human interference.