Projects
Silent Soil
Silent Soil
Awaken your senses to the secrets that lie within the soil beneath our feet.
Silent soil is an immersive, sonic exploration of how our human presence and activity impacts the soil ecosystems beneath our feet.
The sounds hidden in the soil beneath us are rarely brought to the surface, from the rhythmic rasping of worms and the popping clicks of larvae breaking apart root fibres the earth is alive with sounds usually inaudible to the human ear.
Experiment
£20,000
Aims of the project
Silent Soil explores capturing these hidden sounds within our soil ecosystems, developing multisensory ways an audience can interact with these habitats in an urban setting.
Through experimentation with environmental sensors and interactive sound, Silent Soil questions our own impact on the delicate ecosystems that inhabit the earth beneath us. Highlighting the importance of soil health and biodiversity for the security of our ecological future.
Molly Macleod
Lead Artist
she/her
Molly Macleod works within the intersection of art and science. Creating interdisciplinary installations revealing the unseen and unheard networks within nature. She invites her audience to consider their impact on the environment and the future of our landscapes, questioning what place we hold as humans in the intricate ecological structures that surround us. Collaborating with ecologists and biologists on multi-sensory, interactive projects she aims to deepen our understanding and connection with nature.
