The Switched-On Garden

Events

October 16th, 2011.
Bartram’s Garden.
Philadelphia.

The Switched-On Garden

Join Data Garden at the oldest surviving botanic garden in North America for an interactive exhibition exploring the relationship between plants, music and technology.

Participants will have the opportunity to wander Bartram’s Garden and connect with their natural environment through live music, performance and sculpture that blurs the distinction between biological and digital worlds. Free and open to the public.

Bio-interactive sound installations and performances

░░ Charles Cohen, 2011 Pew Fellow, Phila
░░ Vivian Caccuri, Musicologist and Sound Artist, Brazil
░░ Sam Cusumano, Electrical Education Initiative, Phila
░░ Dan Scofield & Miriam Simun, Interactive Artists, NYC
░░ Jesse Kudler, sound artist, Phila
░░ J. Makary, filmmaker, Phila
░░ + more TBA

░░ Vivian Caccuri

░░ Sam Cusumano

░░ Charles Cohen

Live music by Data Garden artists

Cheap Dinosaurs

Album Release | Full band performance.

Tadoma, Ray & The Prisms

EP Release | Performing a sonic essay on John Bartram with author, botanist and enthusiast Lord Whimsy.

Color Is Luxury

Charles Cohen and hair_loss

+ DJ Ryan Todd

+ visuals by Cosmic Morning

Projecting on historic trees in the garden, renowned visualist and educator Don Miller presents a special lightshow that revisits the roots of modern VJ culture.

░░ Cosmic Morning

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