IVO PITTS
“A great silence is spreading over the natural world,
even as the sound of man is becoming deafening”
Bernie Krause
Soundscapes have played a pivotal role in human lives since our very earliest days on earth. Informing us of where we are, distinguishing safety from danger and providing us with an irreplaceable sense of belonging within the natural world. However, over the last 50 years, the sounds of nature have decreased with some habitats now completely unrecognisable or deafeningly silent in the wake of human interference and industrial growth which has wiped out and displaced entire species and ecosystems.
Illustrated using Cymatics, Silent Conversations was recorded in an area of Sussex woodland using specialist microphones this film documents the local Geophony, Biophony and Anthrophony (sounds created by living, non-living and human activity) to examine the extent to which our bodies and lives are shaped by what we hear.
RUN TIME - 5 mins 59 seconds
CAUTION - Loud audio and flashing imagery