installation, custom software and electronics, japanese knotweed
collaboration with Michael Huggins
zero station, Portland, ME
July 2013

The two artists have filled the gallery with Japanese Knotweed, a fast growing invasive weed harvested from the surrounding area. The plants, together with visitors’ bodies, modulate a complex sound installation as electric signals connect the plants, humans, and electronics. Did you know that plants communicate with each other using sound waves? Come in and talk to to some plants that are taking over the northeast.

To modulate the soundscape, gently grasp a plant’s stalk and hold on!