Erica maderensis
Mar 23, 07:20 PM
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"Erica madernsis, Inspired in the sound emmited from water bodies in Levada do Rei in Madeira, Portugal, which is a small island with amazing landscapes, with vast florae, a special place with it's own oddities & singularities in the endemical plants that inhabit there. E. madernsis is one of those endemycal plants, that although being small, intrepid, perennial, ramified and bushy, now is also in critical extinction status.
"E. Madernsis survives thanks to the water bodies — recorded on audio 162 — embracing and allowing it to perdure and overcome it's cease of existence.
For this reason, nature's field recordings are so interesting for me and takes me to research which kind of problematics exist on these spaces that had been modified throughout time, and whom, invite me to create a sensitive piece that can share my ideas of conservation.
"Then, the work in Erica Madernsis was created with a technique of sonification of a small fragment of the DNA of the forementioned plant. This sonnification system was created during my stance in UNAM's Musical Technology MBA, which allows us to listen different combinatories in genetic coding. Then, its amusing to overlap the sound of water with DNA sonification, one with each other closely intertwoven , so it can be understood in a symbiotic existence. Additionally, an improv session was performed on violin, evoquing a feeling of perdurance of these plants which are narrowly diatributed geographically, but not least important for Madeira island's natural cycles."
Levada do Rei reimagined by Aketzalli RF.
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage
"E. Madernsis survives thanks to the water bodies — recorded on audio 162 — embracing and allowing it to perdure and overcome it's cease of existence.
For this reason, nature's field recordings are so interesting for me and takes me to research which kind of problematics exist on these spaces that had been modified throughout time, and whom, invite me to create a sensitive piece that can share my ideas of conservation.
"Then, the work in Erica Madernsis was created with a technique of sonification of a small fragment of the DNA of the forementioned plant. This sonnification system was created during my stance in UNAM's Musical Technology MBA, which allows us to listen different combinatories in genetic coding. Then, its amusing to overlap the sound of water with DNA sonification, one with each other closely intertwoven , so it can be understood in a symbiotic existence. Additionally, an improv session was performed on violin, evoquing a feeling of perdurance of these plants which are narrowly diatributed geographically, but not least important for Madeira island's natural cycles."
Levada do Rei reimagined by Aketzalli RF.
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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.
Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage