Sonifying the Sea

choralCoral – 3 genomic études of climate survival

FILE SAO PAULO 2023 | HYPERSONICA
Electronic Language International Festival

 

Sonifying the Sea – choralCoral – 3 genomic études of climate survival – United States

An experimental art and science work exploring the sonification of genomic sequences critical to the ecological survival of south sea corals, currently under duress from climate change. ChoralCoral‘s three genomic études are composed of sonifications of Acropora coral species genomic sequences that are transcoded to sound that yield sonic/visual patterns of gene expression from heat stressed coral reefs in the Palau/South Pacific island region.

Bio:

The Sonifying the Sea art/science collaborative group is composed of Jonathan Berger, American Composer & Professor, Stanford Music/Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics (CCRMA); dr. Stephen Palumbi, Marine Biologist, Director/Professor, Stanford Hopkins Marine Station; and Timothy Weaver, Biomedia Artist, Professor, University of Denver, Emergent Digital Practices Program.