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Calling Songs (last edited: 2025)

Johannes Westendorp

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Calling Songs is a research into the possibilities of using the sounds created by insect and frog choirs in a musical composition/soundscape. An 8-channel speaker system was developed for this purpose, able to stand outside conditions and fitting into a natural environment. The voices of crickets and frogs have characteristics that make them sound almost electronic and therefore blend surprisingly well with the sounds that the muiscians of Zwerm can produce using effectpedals, loop-feedback, modular synthesizers and occasionally a guitar. The listener is invited to question the idea of culture versus nature. For the performers, the central question is how to give non-human life a voice in our artistic practice. Calling Songs is a collaboration between Johannes Westendorp, Zwerm and Pieter Verhees

type	research exposition
keywords	music, Soundart, ecology
date	16/12/2024
last modified	25/08/2025
status	in progress
share status	public
affiliation	https://www.ap-arts.be/project/calling-songs
copyright	Johannes Westendorp
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3294176/3361386
external link	https://johanneswestendorp.nl/

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