Hawkwood Sonic Woodland
Sonic Woodland turns a woodland clearing into a sonic oasis. Five trees perform a constantly regenerating cello canon that melds with the natural forest sounds and the wind in the trees, inviting you to soak in the woodland atmosphere in calm wonder.
Created by composer/producer Joe Acheson, and audio engineer Tim Southorn.
If you haven't made your way to the sonic woodland at @hawkwood_cft yet then you need to. It's a mesmerising experience. Walk or sit amongst the trees and just LISTEN. It's open everyday until the end of November from 9AM-4PM, every day and it's free.
More info:
'Sonic Woodland is a collaboration between Joe Acheson and spatial audio engineer Tim Southorn and turns a woodland clearing into a sonic oasis. Five trees perform a constantly regenerating cello canon that melds with the natural forest sounds of birds, animals, insects and the wind in the trees, inviting you to soak in the woodland atmosphere in calm wonder.
The soundscape is alive, like the woodland it inhabits, using carefully programmed AI to constantly generate a never-repeating arrangement of the cello canon, performed by Rebecca Knight of the City of London Sinfonia. Layers of melodies from the individual trees combine to create rich harmonies that swirl around the glade, echoing the constant subterranean exchange of nutrients, minerals and water through the mycorrhizal network that connects the trees by their roots. Randomisation is also used to trigger short, sporadic bursts of sound that bounce from tree to tree - pianos, log drums, woodpeckers tapping out morse code signals, synth arpeggios - representing the Volatile Organic Compounds that the trees release to signal warnings of pests and disease to each other.'
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Alt Image Text: Woodland Trees with text over regarding the event.
Image Credit: Hawkwood