Translators to weave with the non-humans.

Area of Science:

• Art and Science
• Bioacoustics
• Environmental Art

Background:

• Visual artworks can propose novel ways of interacting with the shared environment.
• Art installations can serve as translators between humans and non-human entities.
• Hybridization of art and science can lead to unique aesthetic experiences rooted in traditional knowledge.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore interspecies connection through art-science collaborations.
• To develop technological tools for art installations that facilitate dialogue with nature.
• To create aesthetic works that allow temporary shared experiences with plants, air, soil, and gravity.

Main Methods:

• Collaboration with scientific teams to identify and adapt technological tools for art installations.
• Development of an experimental movie, "Dendromacy," using a cooled lens thermal camera.
• Creation of a sounded ceramic installation, "Listening to the Soil," utilizing bioacoustics recordings of soil fauna.

Main Results:

• Successful creation of art installations that translate natural phenomena.
• Demonstration of how diverted technology can yield aesthetic works.
• Facilitation of moments for shared time with plants and dialogue with environmental elements.

Conclusions:

• Art-science collaborations can offer innovative perspectives on co-existing with the natural world.
• Technological tools, when adapted for artistic purposes, can deepen our sensory engagement with non-human life.
• The developed projects provide a framework for experiencing and understanding the environment through an aesthetic and sensory lens.