UChicago Library News: Kikù Hibino creates a paradise of sound—for plants
Most musicians make music for other people. Some make music for themselves. One University of Chicago Library staff member recently faced the unique challenge of making music for plants.
“They say plants are smarter than people, so they must hear sounds in very different ways than us,” said Kikù Hibino, a Japanese bibliographic assistant at the Regenstein Library and creator of Fell to Fern, a techno soundscape currently on display in the Fern Room at the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
The exhibition was commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio as part of Florasonic, a long-term collaboration with the Chicago Park District and the only ongoing sound installation commissioning program in the United States. Hibino—also an established sound artist—tells a story about a bird and a bed of ferns and moss in his first solo exhibition, which is free and open to the public through Sept. 25.
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