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Listen to the Flowers Sing
Listen to the Flowers Sing
Listen to the Flowers Sing
Using bio-sonification technology that captures the hidden electrical activity of plants and converts it into sound, we layered natural tones the way one would arrange different flowers in a traditional pookalam. But the Audio Pookalam is more than a sonic experiment. It reimagines an ancient ritual. For centuries, each flower in a traditional Onam pookalam was chosen for its cultural, spiritual, and medicinal symbolism. That collective knowledge, along with the childhood joy of gathering flowers with family and friends, has slowly faded. This work serves as both a tribute and a reminder, an invitation for Malayalees to return to their roots.
Using bio-sonification technology that captures the hidden electrical activity of plants and converts it into sound, we layered natural tones the way one would arrange different flowers in a traditional pookalam. But the Audio Pookalam is more than a sonic experiment. It reimagines an ancient ritual. For centuries, each flower in a traditional Onam pookalam was chosen for its cultural, spiritual, and medicinal symbolism. That collective knowledge, along with the childhood joy of gathering flowers with family and friends, has slowly faded. This work serves as both a tribute and a reminder, an invitation for Malayalees to return to their roots.
Using bio-sonification technology that captures the hidden electrical activity of plants and converts it into sound, we layered natural tones the way one would arrange different flowers in a traditional pookalam. But the Audio Pookalam is more than a sonic experiment. It reimagines an ancient ritual. For centuries, each flower in a traditional Onam pookalam was chosen for its cultural, spiritual, and medicinal symbolism. That collective knowledge, along with the childhood joy of gathering flowers with family and friends, has slowly faded. This work serves as both a tribute and a reminder, an invitation for Malayalees to return to their roots.
Using bio-sonification technology that captures the hidden electrical activity of plants and converts it into sound, we layered natural tones the way one would arrange different flowers in a traditional pookalam. But the Audio Pookalam is more than a sonic experiment. It reimagines an ancient ritual. For centuries, each flower in a traditional Onam pookalam was chosen for its cultural, spiritual, and medicinal symbolism. That collective knowledge, along with the childhood joy of gathering flowers with family and friends, has slowly faded. This work serves as both a tribute and a reminder, an invitation for Malayalees to return to their roots.