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Hi .... <br>
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I know you have no time .. and so do I basically .. but then even
more thanks for the reply.<br>
You are right with the performative ,... but sometimes reading or
even writing an email liike that one to you clears up sth ... or it
may only allow me to order my thoughts on something ... or express
it in own words .. etc .. sure you are familiar with this.<br>
Thus hanks a lot for reading and replying!!!<br>
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Then .. I havent been reading much on emprye recently .. but this
guy's project sounded interesting (read his description belwo) ..
also reminded me a bit to the sound project in haus.0 .. except it
is done here woith a different background ....<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.josimalaya.com/singing-plants.html">http://www.josimalaya.com/singing-plants.html</a><br>
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also this link is nice .. calmer ... but also very telling!<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://studioforlandscapeculture.com/The-Language-of-Plants">http://studioforlandscapeculture.com/The-Language-of-Plants</a><br>
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Good progress with your texts etc !!<br>
<span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06.06.2015 19:58, jsa wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Happy
June, everyone! Thanks for starting off the discussion. My
apologies for joining later in the week. I started
corresponding yesterday with Murat on another thread, I'm now
sharing on this thread.</span>
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<div><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">I
am an interdisciplinary artist who works with community
stories, interactive installations and soundscapes. My
ongoing project, "Singing Plants Reconstruct Memory"
involves three living banana leaf plants. I grew up in
the Philippines and I remember these plants as towering
over me in my Lola's garden. The ones I use in the
installation are about 3" tall and housed in individual
pots. </span></div>
<div><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">The
three plants can represent the traditional Western
narrative of a story: the beginning, middle, and ending.Â
They are also holders of cultural and body memory. </span><br
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">
<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Each
plant has ruptures in the leaves created by a metal
bottlecap to represent "soul wounds" or missing parts of
the narrative. Much of Philippine history has been written
by colonizers. I am interested in revisiting family and
community stories as as step towards decolonization and
reindigenization. </span></div>
<div><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">In
my installation, I suture the leaves with conductive
thread that is connected to an electronic grid with touch
sensors. Â Â </span></div>
<div><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">When
people reach out towards the plants, the electricity in
our bodies trigger the sensors and the plants sing, tell a
story, or project images. </span></div>
<div><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">The
living plants act as in intermediary between the human
being and the technology. This has generated some
interesting results:Â </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">1.
The plants seem sensitive different people's energy.Â
Some people need to actually touch the plant to make a
connection; some can just hover above the plant; some can
just enter the room and the plants immediately start to
sing. </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">2.
There have been times when no people are present and the
plants trigger each other to sing. This seems to indicate
an ongoing "communication" between plants that the sensors
make "audible" to people. </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">3.
The code I've written for the electronic grid is simple:
touch = ON, release = OFF. However, the plants sometimes
reverse the code. They may spontaneously start singing
without pause, and require touch to stop. Perhaps this
is a way to draw people's attention? </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">4.
When I water the plants with the sensors attached. They
all sing. I sing back. It feels like a mutual
exchange. </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">That
is just a short introduction to my project and some
observations. Thank you for posting questions for us.Â
I will respond soon. </span></div>
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">Thanks, </span><br
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<span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:18px">JoÂ
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