Subterranean Tuinen van Boskoop [05.06]

On Friday, June 5 at 16.00, we will inaugurate the listening sculpture by artist Christine Hvidt at Tuinen van Boskoop with a festive moment.

Christine Hvidt is installing these listening sculptures, constructed from discarded tree stumps, at three locations: at Tuinen van Boskoop and Het Groene Huis in Boskoop, and simultaneously at GOUDasfalt in Gouda.

Her project is titled Subterranean and makes the sounds of the living soil audible. In a listening session, the artist guides the audience through a sonic exploration of the life beneath our feet.

The sound sculptures listen live to the soil and analyse the sound, creating a dynamic composition based on the sonic character of each specific soil ecology at the three locations. An online digital audiovisual composition enables a direct comparison of the different soil ecologies. The project invites you to listen to and connect with less accessible soil ecosystems through bioacoustic monitoring, live responsive audiovisual works, and guided ecocentric attunement sessions in dialogue with scientists and the public.

Subterranean is an interdisciplinary art–science project combining sound art, machine learning, and ecological inquiry to explore life underground. By analysing soil soundscapes from former tree plantations in the area of Boskoop (NL), it amplifies non-human voices and experiments with new ways of relating to the vibrant soil environments.

The sound sculptures listen live to the soil and analyse the sound forming a dynamic composition based on the sonic character of each particular soil ecology at the three locations. An online digital audiovisual composition allows for direct comparison of the different soil ecologies.

The project invites for listening to and relating with less accessible ecosystems in the ground through bioacoustic monitoring, live responsive audiovisual works and guided ecocentric attunement sessions in dialogue with scientists and the public.

Subterranean asks, what does healthy soil sound like? What can listening reveal about species, biodiversity, and soil health? How might ecoacoustics in combination with machine-learning audio analysis deepen our knowledge and relationship with soil? How might machine learning offer other narratives about soil ecologies?

The project is part of the Groene Hart Biennial and will continue at least until June 21 (the final day of the festival).

About the artist:

Christine Hvidt is a Danish multidisciplinary artist working with site-specific sound art, responsive works, and relational listening practices. Her practice operates at the intersection of art-science, somatic methodologies, and experimental technology, exploring relationships between humans, other species, and the land, with a focus on ecological systems, interspecies relations, and different forms of knowledge held by living environments. Hvidt holds an MA in ArtScience from the University of the Arts The Hague and a BA in Art and Technology from Aalborg University.

Location

Tuinen van Boskoop
Reijerskoop 74
Boskoop
https://tuinenvanboskoop.nl

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