The Secret Sounds of Ponds • David Rothernberg and guests

Debut UK performance of interspecies musician David Rothenberg’s Secret Sounds of Ponds. Get your ears down to the Rose Hill for a concert and talk that will tune you in to the unexpected acoustic delights of our tiny freshwater friends. 

 

In Secret Sounds of Ponds, environmental musician, philosopher and ecopoet David Rothenberg tosses a microphone into a pond and we witness an entirely new realm: the unexpected and stirring rhythms of some of the smallest and loudest creatures on Earth. Recording the songs of the animals and plants inhabiting each pond reveals a different perspective than what we meet in our human society. Each pond brings us closer to a new understanding of the non-human world that we share.

 

Rothenberg has previously investigated, recorded, and collaborated with the music of birds and whales. Now he writes, “Having heard the pond, I want to join the pond, making music no one species could make alone.” His energizing and technological research combines with a musician’s and poet’s creative aptitude as he discovers the orchestration of ecosystems, uncovering new connections lurking beneath the silent surface. 

 

At the Rose Hill in Brighton he reveals these local secrets in the UK for the first time – join us for a concert and conversation. 

 

Audiences can also enjoy a new live audio stream from the dew pond at Brighton’s very own urban rewilding project, Wilding Waterhall, in alliance with the Wild House project, University of Brighton. 

 

The Secret Sounds of Ponds is brought to you by Lost Property, Sound Art Brighton and Sussex Digital Humanities Lab.