The Deep Seascape
Friday, March 13th, 2009
From the press release:
Interdisciplinary artist and composer Erik DeLuca, FIU Music graduate
student, collected underwater sounds using hydrophones, underwater
microphones, to create a reenactment of the waters off the coast of
Miami, creating a “seascape.”
The experience will showcase two pieces including a sound immersion
and performance that interprets the sounds of the sea through a
two-tier surround sound system that acoustically reconfigures the
concert hall into an aural sea.
Shrimp, fish, crabs, dolphins, cruise ships, manatees, wind, and rain
all contribute to the symphony of the sea and will be represented in
this unique presentation. Audiences will be immersed in this normally
hidden, mysterious, musical, underwater sound environment.
We will be there, and we shall report back.
In the meantime, Erik has been kind enough to provide us with a small sample of some of his aquatic recordings. Here is an audio recording, taken at night right off of the docks in nearby Coconut Grove. The sounds, which are most likely of crustaceans (especially shrimp) and even fish rasping algae off of the dock pilings, were recorded with very sensitive hydrophones in about 2-6 feet of water. According to Erik, he “used a hydrophone with a very substantial signal to noise ratio that allowed the high amplitude clicks to not distort. Ocean ambiance was almost eliminated because of this signal to noise ratio.” Listen on…
If you live in or around Miami, come out for this multi-media sound performance at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center at FIU on Saturday, March 21st 2009 at 8pm. It is FREE.
