Seas of the Sun is a film about a bold science mission and the people who made it possible. Hosted by Space Rocks founder and producer and co-director on Seas of the Sun, this series was produced by Philip Wilding, and with music by Karlotta Skagfield.

Missions notes episode 3: The sounds of Cluster, with Seas of the Sun composer Karlotta Skagfield and data sonification contributors Klaus Nielsen (Maplepools) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death) who used science data to create a unique interpretation of the data that Cluster produced.

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Missions notes episode 3: The sounds of Cluster

Exh. IV

V.1
Are you skeptical of your own self,
Or do you believe your existence is 100% real?
Is my reality constructed,
Or just a figment to conceal?

P-C
Neurons fire, perceptions blend,
What’s the truth and what’s pretend?
In the brain's electric storm,
Seeking the real within the norm.

C.
Am I a product of pure cognition?
Is this life a neural rendition?
Searching through the synapse maze,
For the certainty I crave.

V.2
Every touch and every sight,
Is it real or just light?
Chemicals and signals,
In the brain’s endless fight.

B.
The brain’s a complex, tangled web,
Is consciousness a truth or a fib?
Believing in the seen and unseen,
In the spaces in between.

C.
Am I a product of pure cognition?
Is this life a neural rendition?
Searching through the synapse maze,
For the certainty I crave.

O.
In the end, what is the truth?
Are we real or an endless loop?
Skeptical of the self, we live,
Are we real or just pretend?

#mutedchaos


Neural Nexus

Sonification of Rotterdam’s Climate 1940–2022

Alocasia odora, recorded through the Biosonik Resonator — a custom device that translates biological conductivity into MIDI information. Sound textures modulated with Behringer Crave.

Placed in a thunderstorm ambient from rural Slovenia, ambient synth textures created with Roland D50

Alocasia odora Plant Playing Synth | Biodata Sonification + Atmosphere

Placed in forest ambient of Iški Vintgar, Slovenia, ambient synth textures created with Roland D50

Human | Biodata Sonification + Atmosphere

Alocasia odora Plant Synth Session | Biodata Sonification + Atmosphere

Zamia plant, recorded through the Biosonik Resonator — a custom device that translates biological conductivity into MIDI information. Sound textures modulated with Behringer Crave.

Placed in a thunderstorm ambient from rural Slovenia, ambient synth textures created with Roland D50

Zamia Plant Waking Up, Synth Session | Biodata Sonification + Atmosphere

Navigating the Way traces the emergence and expansion of the early Christian communities through a spatialized, data-driven lens. Derived from historical records of Paul’s journeys, this movement transforms the geographic spread of the early church into a sonic cartography. The “choir of churches” maps the growth of these communities city by city, revealing patterns of connection, distance, and momentum. 
Events within the narrative, moments of conflict, angry crowds, miracles, and Paul's sermons, appear as carefully curated samples woven into the foreground. They function as symbolic markers rather than literal illustrations, allowing listeners to interpret each occurrence as either stabilizing or destabilizing, depending on its context within the unfolding map. This symbolic layer not only gives the audience the feeling of what his travels through Acts felt like proportionally, but also offers the composer's commentary on the adventure.

Navigating the Way (stereo)

This is a narrated data sonification (data >> sound) of New York City eviction data from 2017 to 2024. The lower/deeper the tone, the larger the number of monthly evictions. Listen for the pause during the covid-19 pandemic. 

New York City Evictions Sonification (with Narration)

This is a data sonification of the total solar eclipse that occurred in 2024. The sound represents the eclipse's path of totality, which moved in a northeast trajectory across North America. Latitude is mapped to pitch, and longitude is mapped to stereo image. Find more about this project: https://aurawalmer.com/total-solar-eclipse-2024.

Total Solar Eclipse Sonification

Biodata Sonification • Sound Art • Experimental Audio
Living organisms as instruments.
Exploring the hidden signals of nature through sound.

Dysnomia of lawlessness in the Depths of Silence.


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