♪♪ ♪♪ >> IF YOU WANTED TO PUT ME INTO SOME KIND OF A NICHE I WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ECOARTIST.

MY WORK RIGHT NOW INTEGRATES THE NATURAL WORLD WITH THE FINE ARTS.

I USE A LOT OF HORTICULTURE AND NOT ONLY HORTICULTURE, I ALSO USE BOTANY IN MY WORK, SO IT IS AN INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS.

PRIMARILY I USE A LOT OF BAMBOO.

I'M RESEARCHING MATERIALS.

THERE'S NOT REALLY A PLAYBOOK IN WHAT I'M DOING OR THE VISUAL ART FORM THAT I HAVE.

I KIND OF THINK OF MY STUDIO AS A LITTLE SCIENCE LAB WHICH I LOVE.

I OBSERVE A LOT OF THINGS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BRING TO ATTENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE NATURAL WORLD THAT WE CANNOT SEE.

THAT IS HOW I COME UP WITH MY VISUAL EXPRESSION.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> THEY'RE NOT PLANNED OUT.

THEY ARE JUST WHAT THEY ARE AS THEY GROW INTO A FORM.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> EACH OF THE BIRD NESTS HOLD AN INFRARED SENSOR AND A SOUNDBOARD.

AS YOU WALK AND APPROACH EACH ONE THERE WILL BE MUSIC THAT'S ACTIVATED AND WHAT I HAVE DONE IS I'VE TAKEN THE SOUND OF FIVE BIRDS THAT ACTUALLY DO INHABIT AND MAKE USE OF THE WILLOW, AND FROM THAT POINT ON WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT I HAVE SENT THIS TO A MUSICIAN TO TRANSLATE THAT MUSIC INTO A SONG.

SO THE FLOUTIST HAS LISTENED TO EACH OF THE BIRD SONGS AND DOES HER OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE BIRD SONGS WITH THE FLUTE.

[ BIRDS CHIRPING ] ♪♪ ♪♪ >> WHEN YOU PASS BY ALL FIVE OF THEM THERE WILL BE HOPEFULLY THIS CACOPHONY OF MUSIC.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> I AM NOT ONE THAT CAN PLAN OUT PIECES.

I HAVE TO DO THEM SPONTANEOUSLY AND SO MUCH OF IT HAS TO DO WITH FINDING OUT WHAT THE MATERIALS CAN DO AND WHERE DOES THAT LEAD ME, AND I FEEL LIKE IF THERE'S AN ANSWER AND ARTICULATION FOR WHERE THE INSPIRATION IS, AFTER I START A PIECE IT BECOMES A CONVERSATION WITHIN ITSELF WHERE I'LL SAY THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.

WHERE DOES IT GO FROM HERE, AND I THINK THAT MOTIVATES ME TO FIND OUT HOW TO PUT THAT PIECE TOGETHER.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> I HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE IN JUST WHAT WE SEE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S UNDER THE GROUND.

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