Lasse-Marc Riek

A walk-in sound installation

What music do the flora and fauna of Bansapark make? How do trees sound under drought stress? How does an alder sigh when it is thirsty? What song does the dog rose play? Can you even hear the hunting sounds of a bat? The Bansa pond and the surrounding park provide a habitat for many species of animals and insects. The acoustic communication of these creatures is essential to life and brings us humans a little closer to their behaviour. Perhaps we will now be able to hear, in the ultrasonic range, the locating and hunting sounds of bats, or the stridulation of aquatic insects, the photosynthesis signals of plants from the Bansa pond?

Using various recording techniques and biodata sonification, sound artist Lasse-Marc Riek recorded the animal and plant life of the Bansapark biotope in the early summer of 2023 and transformed it into soundscapes. The walk-in installation will be audible to visitors on site.

Sun - Sun 27.08. - 10.09.2023, Bansamühle, Neu Isenburg, Germany

The installation was shown and funded by KULTURFONDS Frankfurt/Rhein Main as part of KLANGKUNST IN INDUSTRIEKULTUR 2023.