Installation 'Flora Sonora'
Flora Sonora, test set-up
Flora Sonora, or the singing plant, or rather the whining, squealing shrub, is an art-awareness installation demonstrating Thigmotropism, response to touch.
Small current variations, caused by interaction as touching the plant, are being sensed and amplified by an E.E.G. module which controls a modular synthesizer. So the sound itself is designed, but the variations of the sound are caused by the interactions with the plant. The plant reacts to touch and you can hear its response.
Some 30 years ago (1987 Bussum, 'de Vonk') this installation was first shown in the very first Tropism exhibition by means of the same Synton 3000 modular synthesizer shown here. It is a very rare vintage collectors item by now (it is the actual prototype demo model housing of Synton CEO Felix Visser with modules of my choice).
Flora Sonora, test set-up
Flora Sonora, or the singing plant, or rather the whining, squealing shrub, is an art-awareness installation demonstrating Thigmotropism, response to touch.
Small current variations, caused by interaction as touching the plant, are being sensed and amplified by an E.E.G. module which controls a modular synthesizer. So the sound itself is designed, but the variations of the sound are caused by the interactions with the plant. The plant reacts to touch and you can hear its response.
Some 30 years ago (1987 Bussum, 'de Vonk') this installation was first shown in the very first Tropism exhibition by means of the same Synton 3000 modular synthesizer shown here. It is a very rare vintage collectors item by now (it is the actual prototype demo model housing of Synton CEO Felix Visser with modules of my choice).
Flora Sonora Performance
A performance version of Flora Sonora was made by Susanne Ohmann based on my installation.
The performance was created specially for the 'Amsterdam museum night 2012' in the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam as part of the Tropism Art program.
Inquirers about the performance: robin.noorda(at)gmail.com[email protected]
More info: www.tropisme.nl
A performance version of Flora Sonora was made by Susanne Ohmann based on my installation.
The performance was created specially for the 'Amsterdam museum night 2012' in the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam as part of the Tropism Art program.
Inquirers about the performance: robin.noorda(at)gmail.com[email protected]
More info: www.tropisme.nl