On crystalline fields

"The calls of these seals seemed to me like the beginning of a conversation in a language I had not heard before, so I sent the sounds back as a kind of musical echo. The calls were also digitally processed, e.g. down-tuned (later in the piece). Berlin-based artist Judith Retzlik played the cello. My little son Ben spoke the coordinates of where the seals were recorded. Among other things, Ben and I used sounds created with ice particles from our fridge. With sonic means, I wanted to achieve being close to the seal and its environment."

Ross seal reimagined by Giant Skeletons.

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.