Sonic Ecology
“Hectic, thought provoking and brilliant”
***Winner: Best Film & Digital or Interactive Award - Adelaide Fringe 2023***

‘Anthropocene in C Major’ takes 12,000 years of climate change data, and turns it into an immersive orchestral / electronic performance.

Over 45 minutes we hear human breakthroughs from the invention of the wheel to the Industrial Revolution and beyond... but also inescapable data trends that tell of our exploitation of the planet, and each other. Over the course of the piece, sound and visuals become more layered and complex as we hurtle towards an intense conclusion in the present.

Anthropocene In C Major provokes a response to climate change for a species paralysed by its own extractive structures. Through deep listening, it invites us to confront our ecological and systemic grief, become aware of our collective ecology, and find agency for change. At the most crucial time for life on Earth, what can we learn from listening to the past, and what meaning can this bring to our present and future?  

Credits:
Producer: Sonic Ecology
Composer: Jamie Perera
AICM Abstract film: Jamie Perera 
Live film: Katharine Round
Orchestrator: Dan Keen
Sonification Programming: Adrian Lewis
Composition mentoring: Emily Howard
Featuring located sound by : Alice Eldridge, J R French and P R Law
Developed by Crossover Labs
Developed in CPH:LABS by Jamie Perera, Katharine Round and Leah Borromeo

Press quotes:


“An important contribution to ecological art”


“holding time and space to grieve, to cope, to revelate and contemplate paths forward”

“Anthropocene might be understood as a hyperobject-in-miniature, encapsulating the complexity of our planet in this time of ecological crisis” ★★★★½ - The Serenade Files

"...gives cause to reflect of humankind’s role within our ancient planet" ★★★★½ - Adelaide Fringe Review



"Art is powerful because it opens hearts and changes minds. Perera's highly sensorial, data-driven work is absolutely mesmerizing, shocking and mobilising in equal measure" - Climarte Melbourne'




Performances, Presentations and Installations:


SXSW - UK Immersive Takeover Day 2024

EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

Sussex Humanities Lab Annual Keynote 2023

Adelaide Fringe Festival 2023

ICAD 2022

DACA - Data Art For Climate Action - Installation 2022

Climarte Gallery Melbourne 2022

Adelaide Fringe Festival 2022

Silbersalz Science Festival - with archive film and live AI visuals.
CPH:DOX 2021
Electric Dreams Festival 2020

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