Luminous Fields, 2016 (excerpt)

Running time: 9:36 minutes | black and white

 

Video concept and EM capture of leaves: Marie-Jeanne Musiol               

Recordings in forest and editing: Philip Rose

Field recordings of ascending tree sap: Donna Legault

Original sound environment: Stéphane Claude

 

The hypnotic movement of light running on tree branches in the forest alternates with the reactions of some 15 leaves placed in an induced electromagnetic field. For the first time in my research, plants respond live in real time at the intersection of photo-video and digital capture.