Since our foundation in 2005
we have been focused on trees as the source of our work. We
have built an array of compositional and technological tools
to transform natural movements into art, exhibited in our
installations and concerts.
We establish Internet networks of trees in which they share
movements across the world, instantly affecting each other's
sounds to symbolize the global wind we all share.
Mexico May-Nov 2006 San Luis Potosi, UASLP
headquarters
UNESCO protected
building.
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Italy
Apr-Dec 2006
Installation in the heart of Florence, in an award winning
sonic park.
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Germany
Mar 2006, ongoing
Permanent lab tree installation in Berlin.
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Berlin
Sep-Dec 2007
Two trees in körnerpark connected through mobile phone to a
tree in Kreuzberg. Leaf shaped plexiglass speakers.
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"Sotavento comprehends a global landscape, an
hyper-garden, a space in short-circuit. It is
an ecology of resources that establish new
interdependencies..."
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Trees in the wind
"This is a beautiful
interconnection of electronics hardware and software
design, with art, music, nature (wind and trees),
and chaos."
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Manifest Density
"These strike me as employing technology in service
of an idea, rather than using ideas to justify the
deployment of technology."