The work documents the complexity of the sound information found in nature, based on audio recordings of minuscule movements in the forest floor, root systems, trees and a marsh. Bioelectrical signals from the installations materials controls and shapes the sound in the gallery space.
Surface transducers have been attached to the installations materials allowing the audio to be affected by sculptures in real time.

Sound documentation (copy/paste link): https://soundcloud.com/joakim-blattmann/myrvann-tre-og-stein-lyddokumentasjon

Myrvann, tre og stein

Treverk is an ongoing series of installations based on audio recordings of minuscule movements in trees. Bioelectrical signals from some of the installations trees controls and shapes the soundmaterial in the gallery space.
Surface transducers have been attached to the stems, allowing the sound to be affected by the wood in real time, making the trees integral parts of the installations speakers.

The trees used in the Treverk-series were already cut or had broken as a result of heavy winds, snow or wood rot, before Blattmann started working with them. No trees were cut by the artist to make these works.

Sound documentation (copy/paste link): https://soundcloud.com/joakim-blattmann/treverk-18-buskerud-kunstsenter/s-z82PyL2efTF

Treverk (18)

The piece is based on recordings from several abandoned wasp nests. 
The recordings were made using small contact microphones attached to the nests in their original locations. These microphones captured the ambient sounds as small vibrations on the nests' surfaces. Now, the contact microphones remain in the same positions but function as small speakers.

Sound documentation (copy/paste link): 
https://soundcloud.com/joakim-blattmann/bol-lydinstallasjon-kongsvinger-kunstforening-2022/s-fIWj7V5O3yd

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