Megaptera novaeangliae
Jan 13, 2023, 12:43 PM
"I have really enjoyed taking part in a project which involves science/art collaboration and am intrigued by the fact that scientific research is using acoustic data as a tool to understand the polar seas and marine animals.
"My chosen recording was of a humpback whale, (megaptera novaeangliae), recorded at the Alfred Wegner Institute’s listening station at Palaoa observatory in the Antarctic Ocean. In my composition reimagining this recording I have tried to capture the idea of the whale in the ocean through using spacious sounds which include a number of bass/deep sounds and field recordings of water. I wanted to maintain the integrity of the original recording and didn’t want to process or alter the key elements of the whale’s song, (other than making it clearer and reducing some of the background noise), but reinforced and developed it by using virtual instruments to reinforce the song and add harmony.
Humpback whale reimagined by Laura Hills.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.
"My chosen recording was of a humpback whale, (megaptera novaeangliae), recorded at the Alfred Wegner Institute’s listening station at Palaoa observatory in the Antarctic Ocean. In my composition reimagining this recording I have tried to capture the idea of the whale in the ocean through using spacious sounds which include a number of bass/deep sounds and field recordings of water. I wanted to maintain the integrity of the original recording and didn’t want to process or alter the key elements of the whale’s song, (other than making it clearer and reducing some of the background noise), but reinforced and developed it by using virtual instruments to reinforce the song and add harmony.
Humpback whale reimagined by Laura Hills.
Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds.