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"Australia is losing its birds at an alarming rate – one in six species are now
threatened with extinction, predominantly due to climate change, land clearing
and worsening bushfires.
Last year, when we met in a Darwin cafe to discuss Anthony’s PhD on the impact
of environmental art on conservation, we wondered if his project could
contribute to saving threatened birds.
Could we, perhaps, harness the beauty of birdsong to help Australians care
about what they were losing?
Throughout history, humans have been inspired by the complex melodies and
rhythms of birdsong. It’s a natural, daily celebration of our biodiversity, and
has shaped the evolution of human speech and song for millennia.
Our idea was to let the threatened birds speak directly to those who might help
them.
Teaming up with renowned bird recordist David Stewart, we created a CD for the
music charts consisting entirely of bird calls, titled Songs of Disappearance.
For the title track, the Bowerbird Collective’s Simone Slattery arranged a
fantasy dawn chorus of 53 threatened species.
As of February 18, the CD – now with a video by Senior Gooniyandi artist Mervyn
Street and Bernadette Trench-Thiedeman – was sitting at No.2 on the charts."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
