trees: Pinus sylvestris

Marcus Maeder

About this exposition

In the research project ‚trees: Rendering Ecophysiological Processes Audible‘, we worked on the acoustic recording, analysis and representation of ecophysiological and climatic processes in and around plants and studying the acoustic and aesthetic requirements for making them perceptible. We recorded sounds of plants and brought them in relation to other measurement data such as that relating to the microclimate, sap flow, changes in trunk radius and water potential in the plants’ organs – measurement data that is not auditory per se. How can processes that are beyond our normal perception be made directly perceptible, creating new experiences and opening a new window on nature for scientists, artists and the general public? To what extent is our sense of hearing of use? The product of our research project, the installation 'trees: Pinus sylvestris' replays sonifications of ecophysiological measurement data as well as recordings of acoustic emissions of a tree from early summer 2015 – the peak of the growth period of our experimentation plant, a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) located in the central Swiss Alps in Salgesch in the canton of Valais. The installation is designed as an artistic observation system that transforms ecophysiological data into a generative piece of music. 'Trees: Pinus sylvestris' makes experienceable and audible the normally hidden processes by which a plant copes with its local conditions.

type	research exposition
keywords	ecophysiology, ecology, sound art, Media Arts, bioacoustics, data sonification
date	21/09/2015
published	08/11/2016
last modified	08/11/2016
status	published
affiliation	Zurich University of the Arts
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/215961/215962
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.215961
published in	Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	11.
external link	http:/blog.zhdk.ch/marcusmaeder

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copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	IMG_1182
copyright	Jan Schacher
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name	trees
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	IMG_0130 - copy
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Forest Salgesch
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	eos_conv 2
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	IMG_0610
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	IMG_0130 - copy - copy
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Pinus sylvestris treelab
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	acoustic_emissions_salgesch_pinussylvestris
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Sapflow Pinus sylvestris
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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usages	audio

name	IMG_0130 - copy - copy - copy
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Bildschirmfoto 2015-11-11 um 15.35.05
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Sonification Interface
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	Sonification soil water potential kPa
copyright	Marcus Maeder
license	All rights reserved
usages	audio

name	Sonification relative air humidity %
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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usages	audio

name	Sonification solar energy w/m2
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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usages	audio

name	Sonification_Pinus_sylvestris_excerpt
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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usages	audio

name	IMG_0130 - copy - copy - copy - copy
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	dodecahedron_3
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	trees spatial audio version
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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name	IL_trees_n
copyright	Jan Schacher
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name	trees_pinus_sylvestris_stereo_version
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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usages	video

name	IMG_0130 - copy
copyright	Marcus Maeder
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