Coming from a desire to explore and engage with issues around soundscape ecology and sustainability, the amplitude of species diversity over time and the impacts of extinction, acoustic archaeology, and the ways art and science can work together to bring understanding and change, Te Kōkī​: An Acousmatic Performance is the first of a series in a longitudinal research project that will incorporate ecological population science and data sonification to formulate models of sonic representation.

A stereo mix of the multi-speaker, forest/concert experience "Te Kōkī", an acousmatic rendition of the dawn chorus of a pre-contact Aotearoa, collected and composed by Rob Thorne (NZSM's Jack C. Richards/Creative New Zealand 2017/18 Composer-in-Residence) and Lecturer and Researcher Kent Macpherson of WINTEC Hamilton, in conjunction with staff and students of the NZSM Sonic Arts programme.

Created by the Te Kōkī Project Team 2017: 
Rob Thorne, Kent Macpherson, George Johnston, Paul Dunham & Sally McIntyre.
In association with the New Zealand School of Music and WINTEC.
Performed on December 1st, 2017 at the Adam Concert Room, NZSM, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ in octaphonic surround muti-speaker format.
Stereo mix by Kent Macpherson.
With special thanks to Zealandia Ecosanctuary 
www.visitzealandia.com/
Image by and courtesy of Ray Ching for the purposes of this project only, and with special thanks to Geoff Norman.

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