A 20min immersive ecological encounter designed to be experienced under the canopy of a Tipuana Tree. This piece reflects on the ideas presented in Novacene (2018) by James Lovelock. 

Commissioned for Botanica Festival 2021. 
Credits: Created ESEM Projects. Lead Artist: Dr. Sarah Barns

Composition & Research: Sarah Barns
Field recordings: 
Andrew Skeoch, Listening Earth
Vicky Powys, 
Jonothan Hutchison, 
George Vlad
Music: Nigel Cruikshank
Vocals: Rosie Grayson
Sound design: Pete Hird

Includes the voices of James Lovelock, Gregory Bateson, Paul Erhlich, Emma Maye Gibson, Annika Killalea, Frances Barns.

Superorganism: Listening in the Anthropocene

A brief summer shower recorded outside my home.

Heavy Rain

A new day begins in the Australian Bush. The melodious song of Magpies and the chuckling of Kookaburras may be heard among a beautiful tapestry of morning birdsong.

This recording brings to life the atmosphere of our unique bushland.

'A Morning in the Australian Bush'- album sample

Long thunderstorm high quality

Tropical Thunderstorm with heavy rain on jungle canopy

For full blog post, go to: http://www.listeningearth.com.au/blog/what-is-in-a-song-birdsong-slowed-down

Blue Wren song at normal speed, and slowed 8x

Recorded late morning in the D'Aguilar National Park.

Summer in The Australian Bush

Larvae eating a log from the inside in the Amazon rainforest. Recorded with Sony PCM M10 and a pair of Clippy EM172 mics. More sounds from the Amazon rainforest at https://mindful-audio.com/amazon-jungle/

Amazon basin - Decomposing log - Larvae feast

Episode one of New Ways of Seeing, a four-part radio series written and presented by James Bridle, and produced by Steve Urquhart and Reduced Listening for BBC Radio 4.

New Ways of Seeing

Calm dawn chorus with insects and Gibbons in the jungles of Borneo. Soft fog drip and occasional frog and bird calls add detail to the soundscape. Listen to more recordings I made in Borneo at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCRlYmmK1sqrM_BB3xp6quofSq7fYdEPA

Borneo Rainforest - Dawn - Gibbons

Gibbons calling early in the morning in the Borneo rainforest. Downloadable recording made with Sound Devices Mixpre 6 ii and Sennheiser MKH8040/MKH30 DMS rig. Decoded from DMS to Stereo. All rights reserved. Full Mixpre review available at https://mindful-audio.com/blog/sound-devices-mixpre-ii-review

Sound Devices Mixpre 6 II Demo - Borneo morning gibbons

Sites & Sounds is a portfolio space for the various soundings and explorations of Sarah Barns, creative producer, listener, researcher. Much of this sound work features as part of public art installations by Esem Projects. 

See http://sitesandsounds.net.au and http://esemprojects.com.

Superorganism: Listening in the Anthropocene

Sites&Sounds

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