The sound that was always There: Ocean preservation and the protection of Earth’s natural rhythm
- 08/05 13:15 - 13:45
- Goethe Library
The sound that was always There: Ocean preservation and the protection of Earth’s natural rhythm
Dolphins click and whistle. The ocean has always had a voice – but are we ready to listen? What is currently happening to it?
Hosted by Greenpeace, this immersive presentation dives into the hidden soundscape of the sea, into a world of sound: why it exists, how it is vital to animal communication and what happens if we continue to disturb it.
From cargo ships to underwater drilling, human noise is fracturing the natural rhythms of the ocean, confusing marine animals, breaking vital communication lines and changing the structure of entire ecosystems. Through hydrophone recordings, archival material on underwater noise pollution and creature sounds collected in the field, we’ll bring you face-to-face with a crisis most people never learn about that exists. We’ll take you on a journey through sound: from field recordings and hydrophone captures to the music of the 1980s ocean movement, when artists wrote whale songs as a call to protect the sea.
We invite you to join us and discover an aspect of sound that often goes unnoticed: global, underwater and hidden in plain sight, the sound of marine creatures has shaped more art than you ever imagined.
