Windmills of Lapua

Authors

  • Nikki Sheth

Abstract

“Direct impacts of wind farms can include collision and barotrauma (damage to tissues from air pressure changes around turbines); indirect impacts can include habitat loss (roosts, commuting routes and foraging areas) and fragmentation.” – bats.org.uk

This piece comments on the impact of wind farms on the bat population. It uses field recordings of windmills taken in Lapua, Finland using microphones that pick up normally inaudible frequencies (such as contact and electromagnetic mics), combined with various field recordings of bats.

Originally, the piece explores the use of field recordings with the 3D IKO speaker and investigates how a sense of place can be created using a speaker that projects sound from the inside outwards using the sound reflections of the performance space. This work was made possible thanks to the Develop your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England.

The conference logo. Text sits on a blue agate background, reading 'WFAE Conference 2023 Listening Pasts Listening Futures, March 23-26, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida USA. Logos for the Atlantic Center of the Arts, Stetson University and the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology are found below the text.

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Published

2023-11-21

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Proceedings of the 'Listening Pasts, Listening Futures' 2023 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology Conference

Section

Conference Installation