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Listening to Infrasound
Submitted by Brian House on Monday, 08/01/2022 1:19pmMacrophones is one of those art+science projects that starts with a hypothesis and then requires an awful lot of labor getting the whole thing together in order to see if it adds up to anything. On some level, the thought experiment is enough for me—if we could hear low frequency sounds from around the world, would we more directly feel our connection to and through the atmosphere?
RECOGNITION OF LEONARDO’S OUTSTANDING PEER REVIEWERS
Submitted by Nick Cronbach on Friday, 07/29/2022 1:37pmAs a result of more than 50 years of publishing work on the cutting edge, Leonardo has become the leading international peer-reviewed journal on the use of contemporary science and technology in the arts and music and, increasingly, the application and influence of the arts, design and humanities on science and technology.
Learning is not always glamorous insight!
Submitted by Jenifer Wightman on Friday, 07/29/2022 8:38am
To be honest, I never intended to do anything with clay before this residency.
Building a Macrophone
Submitted by Brian House on Thursday, 07/28/2022 1:24pmWhile I'm here at Djerassi, I'm working on my Macrophones project — essentially huge microphones that pick sound far below our range of hearing. I've pieced together the design from the literature on volcano sound and nuclear warhead test detection.
Arriving at Djerassi
Submitted by Brian House on Thursday, 07/21/2022 10:45amEverything is light and air here, we look down on the clouds over the ocean, they stretch out to cover us in mist each night and then recede again each day. Innumerable hawks hunt gophers in the grass, and I already had a bobcat encounter on the trail.
The Mindful Mona Lisa: Sustainability and Conflict
Submitted by Max Herman on Wednesday, 07/06/2022 2:15pm
Weeds and Stars: Moon Shots
Submitted by Lisa Rosenberg on Saturday, 06/25/2022 12:13amWe Can Do It: Vasectomy
Submitted by Jenifer Wightman on Friday, 06/24/2022 4:08pmRemembering the Language of our Tree Relatives
Submitted by Chloe Crotzer on Friday, 06/24/2022 12:17am
"Stones have been known to move and trees to speak."
- Shakespeare, Macbeth