Listening with ancient trees.
Starting our journey to this ancient forest at midnight,scrabbling o ver large granite stones and undulating paths.

A night walk in a temperate rain forest in Dartmoor Devon UK.
Close your eyes and take a sonic journey of deep earthly time  with this ancient tree that's been a silent witness to layers of history.

The sounds you here are after a warm day are  tiny popping  that is the sound of water passing through the cells of the xylem tubes and cavitating as it mixes with air on its way upwards.

I have wanted to capture for years what goes on behind the bark of a tree,I spent hours with this ancient trees at night to escape as much human noise as possible.Using highly sensitive contact microphones and hydrophones,handmade pre-amps and probes  to make audible the inner workings of trees. I first heard the moss layers of the bark as it  hydrated and dehydrated  then the rumble of the tree moving and the popping of the water,and the odd plane going past.

Internal Sounds of a Tree

Response to Smiling Dog project 
Mixed media piece of Sound and cardboard sculpture

The structure is light and flimsy held together with tape, both a malleable & vulnerable material. Hand painted, handmade and imperfect.

The montage of photos display snapshots of my preparing process.

Overall it's bright and colourful to denote joy and fun engaging with participants. There are tools represented from my studio including bubbles which is something 'new' I've added to my creative toolkit.

On the other side of the structure is a game with numbered openings and an array of objects signify that we don't know what life can throw at us.

The sound piece is of me as an Artist working in studio, picking up the sounds of drawing, folding paper, cutting, preparing the materials, making the structure, a clock ticking, nature, birdsong, reflecting with walking, humming,  & keyboard playing.

An invitation:
the audience are invited to blow some bubbles, write or draw a symbol or sketch, on a post-it, place it on the box, or scrunch it up, throw it in one of the openings.

Reflecting on complexities

Massimo Bartolini and Edoardo Marraffa (Performance 1)

My practice draws on nature, incorporating natural materials, found objects and technology.

Reflecting on complexities

Muireann

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