Maja Smrekar & Robertina Šebjanič: Sound Invasions

Sound invasions is an installation made from animal and plant invasive species found in Slovenia. Using a DIY system that interprets some levels of the plants’ existence, we will present a live creation of sound and image, generated by locally growing but non-native invasive plant species. Electromagnetic current, connected to the plants and the software (Pure Data, SuperCollider and Resolume), will translate data into sound, transforming the invasive garden into a noisy electrical circuit of synthetic samples of organic liveness, the essence of which, both in nature and technology, is based on variants inside the origin of constantly equal repetition.

Bio

Intermedia artist Maja Smrekar´s main interest is based at the phenomenology of perception dwelling towards the intersections of humanistic and natural sciences in relations to body, privacy and (inter)subjective perception of space.

Robertina Šebjanič (1975) is a creator in the field of intermedia and a cultural facilitator. In terms of content, she often realizes her ideas and concepts in cooperation with other authors, which is why her works embody interdisciplinarity and informal integration.