'DIS_turbation': An Artistic Approach to Foster Nature-Connectedness
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This paper presents practice-based research on ecoacoustics, ocean soundscapes and anthropogenic noise. It explores creative strategies to the introduction, experience and performance of ocean soundscapes in artistic creation. As ocean soundscapes are increasingly a topic of concern globally, they become a crucial tool to foster an emotional affinity between people and natural environments. This research questions how to convey the experience of oceanic soundscapes and their human disruption. The paper details an artistic artefact - DIS_turbation - and its integrative approach, by exploring the vibrational and particle-motion component of ocean sound. The methods include place attachment, creative development, nature-connectedness and ecology of Æffect. The novelty lies in addressing biological processes as a creative resource to intervene in underwater noise dialogue, reveal hidden qualities of vibroacoustic ecology, develop artistic artefacts to translate particle-motion in a more grasping way, and foster inclusion with nature.
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