A tree falls in the forest and DOES make a sound

“Audible arboreal sound” courtesy of German designer Bartholomäus Traubeck, a modified turntable, a Playstation Eye Camera, a stepper motor, and Ableton Live software.

About Jules Odendahl-James

I am Resident Dramaturg and a visiting lecturer in the Department of Theater Studies at Duke University. My course offerings range from documentary media & performance to detective & crime science narratives to performance criticism. In general, I am interested in how circuits of truth, trauma, and memory are made manifest by aesthetic, archival/academic, and activist impulses in post-9/11 representational domains.
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2 Responses to A tree falls in the forest and DOES make a sound

  1. Luke says:

    Hi Jules. I’m not really sure what an “Audible arboreal sound” is in this instance but as an arborist I can certainly attest to the fact that trees do indeed have unique voices. Whether we are pruning, or cutting, each tree I’ve encountered seems to give off it’s own distinct tone from creaks and vibrations. :-)

  2. Aqua Marines says:

    Just feel how many birds live in that tree how much they love that tree. There are a lot more sounds just feel it from heart.

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