Festival of Nature - 2024

In this project we have two "pillars", one representing natural environments and the other representing urban environments/human activity. The aim is to create consensus art - the audio-visual results of social interaction between participants.

Sounds are generated from items that participants place on the pillars themselves. This will be a learning experience for participants showing how interconnected human activities are with the natural environment. The overlap between the two will show the harmony that can be achieved between the two seemingly different forces but also the chances of generating a cacophony if there is no equilibrium.

This is an art piece that provides the opportunity for people of all ages to understand the importance of interactions with our natural environment. We hope that this will also inspire children to follow STEM subjects showing that engineering principles can also be used to generate educational art and to provide solutions to climate collapse.

Thanks to the Cabot Institute and FARSCOPE for funding and supporting this project.