Resonant Ecologies + : Swiss Society of Acoustic Ecology

The session will be dedicated to sound-based works that explore communication beyond the human-across species, systems, and technologies. From plant signalling and animal calls to machine perception and speculative ecologies, we seek works that re/imagine how we listen, connect, and relate. 

Participating Artists:

Alexandra Banhazl, Barry Truax, bittelangsam (Heiko Schätzle and Andrea Züllig), blanche the vidiot (Szabina Péter and Kristóf János Bodnàr), Bosque Vacio, Dave Madden, Garrison Gerard, Jimmy Peggie, Joost Van Duppen, Julie Andreyev, Julie Semoroz, Léa Paintandre, Marie-Cécile Reber, Molom, Pete Stollery, Renán Zelada Cisneros, Ricardo Huisman, Ruxandra Mitache, Tassia Mila, Wiktor Mastela.

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At this occasion, you will listen this piece called HCI - HUMAN CETACEANS INTERACTION.

On the site of a pilot experiment off Skjervoy, Norway, in December 2021, Jörg Rychen, a scientist at the Institute of Neuroinfomatics at ETH Zurich, has invited sound artist and performer Julie Semoroz to try and interact with killer whales and humpback whales by imitating their sounds and matching the rhythm of their vocalisations. The aim is to make them understand that our sounds are not random, but are a reaction to their sounds. Exchanging with  wild animals with sounds and music can trigger emotions and reveal a  universal communication.  When interacting with non-humans, we are forced to change our point  of view, to try and see things from the perspective of the animals in  which we are communicating. In doing such an experiment, it is possible  to actually build a relationship and a bond, not uniquely test animal  reactions or decode their language capacity in their natural  environment. HCI is a sound composition freely inspired by the artist.

Acknowledgements: Killer whales an whales for theirs magnificent languages, intelligence and curiosity  / Jörg Rychen (ETH, NCCR) Julie Semoroz (Sound artist) Alexander Eckerle, drone pilot and skipper (LMU Munich) Rebecca Kleinberger, interspecies communication research (MIT) Fiona Olivia Wuethrich (freediver) Elizabeth Ren, signal processing (ETH) Berenice Fischer, field assistant (ETH) Linus Rüttimann, field assistant (ETH), Emilie Wyss, communication manage (PRN Evolving language)