LO-09 (on looking outwards)

For this LO, I am looking at Bennett’s entry for the sound art LO-04. I agree with him in the sense that one of the more interesting parts of this project is the sound that is created, a smooth earthy tone that changes mildly or drastically depending on the external environments. However, I don’t quite agree with the amount of creator input that Bennett implies in this LO. The creator passes through the micro-voltage fluctuations into a oscillator that reads the frequency of the waves thus creating the sounds generated, so I personally think that the sounds generated reflect the “true tones” of the plant. Perhaps the creator intended this to be a single item project, I wonder what the tones created from various types of plants could differ from one another.

Bennett’s post: https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/15-104/f2020/2020/09/28/looking-outwards-04-4/

“Plant sounds”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvWPT4VhKTk&ab_channel=TomuTomu

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