DIS_turbation is a haptic audiovisual installation that explores the vibrational and particle motion components of underwater sound. It is a place for tunnelling into the impact that anthropogenic noise has on marine life, eventually making the audience feel the disturbances. The haptic structure creates a sense of touch through a vibrational environment and a visual interpretation of light and water disturbed by the vibrations. DIS_turbation addresses a biological process (bioturbation) as a creative resource to intervene in underwater noise dialogue and reveal hidden qualities of vibroscape ecology. It investigates the challenges benthic species might encounter as a result of anthropogenic interference on the seabed. These species are responsible for the process of bioturbation, in which they stir up the sediment. This process is ecologically important because of its influence on nutrient recycling.
DIS_turbationFrancisca Rocha Gonçalves (PT)
Audiovisual installation, 2020
Francisca Rocha Gonçalves (PT)
Francisca Rocha Gonçalves is a researcher from Porto, currently living in Berlin. She has recently worked on the AQUATAG project at the IGB Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries. She has a background in biological sciences with a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, a Multimedia Master in Interactive Music and Sound Design from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, and a PhD in Digital Media from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. The research focuses on acoustic ecology in artistic creation as a tool for environmental awareness concerning underwater soundscapes. Developing artistic artefacts that reveal the problem of noise pollution in underwater environments enables the understanding of changes in vibration and particle motion, both vital components in aquatic life. Her artistic mission is to create and promote connectedness with nature through sound and new media art.
