Zur toten Pappel

Zur toten Pappel is an eco-acoustic artwork about the soundscapes of the Danube floodplains. From spring to winter, it tells of the daily and seasonal patterns of the floodplain forests, wild meadows, and shorelines. Three-dimensional sound reproduction and ecological sound art aim to raise ecological awareness and draw attention to sonic health and anthropogenic impacts on these unique and fragile acoustic environments. Aesthetic forms of expression of the wind, complex sound spectra of non-human organisms in relation to human presence, are conveyed with the help of surround sound and sonic-visual art. Besides the obvious acoustic environment, you can also hear very subtle sound-traces of life in dead wood, or of subterranean and underwater organisms, as well as the social calls of birds, amphibians, insects, and mammals.