Interspecies Sound Installation
David Velez
Presented in the exhibition: Afectes sònics. Art sonor I expansió de la percepció
La Panera Museum, Lérida, Spain
Curators: Matías Rodríguez-Mouriño and Christian Alonso
3 Channels x 12 mins (Headphones)
Soil Sample
June-October 2023
“La Tierra se Escucha” consists of three underground field recordings made with a geophone and a miniature hydrophone which captured the activity of Perionyx Excavatus nocturnal earthworms in soil planted with rhubarbs. I made these recordings in an acoustically isolated pot to avoid external noise that could overlap the tiny and subtle sounds of the worms’ activities including cleaning dirt waste. The piece also consists of soil samples which scent the listener can activate by spraying water to advance a multisensory experience with the vitality of the soil.
This artwork reflects on the biodiversity of coevolution and artistic interspecies collaboration. In the vibratile realm of plants, the soil and the water are alive like the plants are. They are alive to the extent they are allies, and only in alliance plants become themselves.
Listen:
https://davidvelez.bandcamp.com/album/soil-sounds
Photos: Jordi V. Pou, David Vélez
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