I’m exploring the restored experience of listening to electromagnetic fields in natural environment. Electromagnetic fields can arise from a variety of sources, including the buildup of charge in the atmosphere due to thunderstorms, the interaction of charged particles in space with the Earth's magnetic field, and the movement of groundwater or rocks that contain electrically charged particles.

 

Hyde Park remains the arboreal characteristics of a natural forest, but also human intervention is evident. There are sections in the park that transits from the open lawn with a lot of people to the original natural area with lush trees, and it is also the transition from urban signal to natural signal. The height of the trees, the closeness of the branches, the iron fences and the electrical boxes around the old temple are all distributed with signal fields. These fields are reflected in the visual scene of the forest, giving people different three-dimensional perception.

 

I used an electromagnetic induction microphone to collect some sound waves of electromagnetic fields in the living environment. These sound waves have different tones and particles, and they can be combined with the scenes in the forest according to the shape of sound wave to construct a signal scene. I used the Echoes platform to make a sound tour, pointing out some typical spots in the forest, and when the audience reach the spots the electromagnetic sound wave will play automatically.

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