- Designed and developed by Lucio Arese.
- Reproduction, redistribution or derivative use requires permission from the author.
- Designed and developed by Lucio Arese.
- Reproduction, redistribution or derivative use requires permission from the author.
- Seeing Birdsong is an evolving framework that transforms avian vocalizations into geometric form.
- It was first presented publicly at the 4th Ultrasonic Vocalization Conference hosted by
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, part of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
- Its goal is to bridge art and acoustic science, offering new ways to perceive and study complex animal vocal patterns.
- Seeing Birdsong is an evolving framework that transforms avian vocalizations into geometric form.
- It was first presented publicly at the 4th Ultrasonic Vocalization Conference hosted by
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, part of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
- Its goal is to bridge art and acoustic science, offering new ways to perceive and study complex animal vocal patterns.
- Birdsong is one of nature’s most complex acoustic forms.
- This project began as an attempt to give it visible form,
- transforming sound into spatial structures through
- early audio-driven oscillator experiments.
- Extensive research and development evolved it
- into a rigorous system of acoustic analysis. The framework now
- bridges art and science, turning avian voices into dynamic,
- data-rich structures. It offers a new way to perceive,
- study and preserve the complexity of bird vocalizations.
- Birdsong is one of nature’s most complex acoustic forms.
- This project began as an attempt to give it visible form,
- transforming sound into spatial structures through early audio-driven oscillator experiments.
- Extensive research and development evolved it into a rigorous system of acoustic analysis. The framework now bridges art and science, turning avian voices into dynamic, data-rich structures.
- It offers a new way to perceive, study and preserve the complexity of bird vocalizations.
- The system elaborates audio into high-dimensional vectors,
- embedding them within dynamic three-dimensional manifolds.
- Its internal architecture is built on a multi-layered network of
- spectral descriptors, translated into visual form
- through a wealth of 2d and 3d graphs.
- The result is a multi-faceted visual ecosystem, enabling novel ways to
- analytically explore the hidden structures of sound.
- The system elaborates audio into high-dimensional vectors, embedding them within dynamic
- three-dimensional manifolds.
- Its internal architecture is built on a multi-layered network of spectral descriptors, translated into visual form through a wealth of 2d and 3d graphs.
- The result is a multi-faceted visual ecosystem, enabling novel ways to analytically explore the
- hidden structures of sound.
- AVAILABLE CONFIGURATIONS
- AVAILABLE CONFIGURATIONS
- MUSEUM INSTALLATIONS
- Large-scale audiovisual installations for exhibitions on sound, biodiversity, animal communication, data, perception, or art-science research.
- INTERACTIVE ACOUSTIC ATLAS
- Custom navigable interfaces where recordings can be explored through acoustic manifolds, clusters, temporal trajectories, descriptor overlays, and audio backtracking.
- SCREENINGS / LECTURES / LIVE PRESENTATIONS
- Guided formats combining audiovisual works, field recordings, acoustic analysis, and the conceptual framework behind the project.
- CUSTOM DATASET COLLABORATIONS
- Adaptations of the framework to institutional archives, species collections, field recordings, or research questions.
- MUSEUM INSTALLATIONS
- Large-scale audiovisual installations for exhibitions on sound, biodiversity,
- animal communication, data, perception, or art-science research.
- INTERACTIVE ACOUSTIC ATLAS
- Custom navigable interfaces where recordings can be explored through acoustic manifolds,
- clusters, temporal trajectories, descriptor overlays, and audio backtracking.
- SCREENINGS / LECTURES /
- LIVE PRESENTATIONS
- Guided formats combining audiovisual works, field recordings, acoustic analysis,
- and the conceptual framework behind the project.
- CUSTOM DATASET COLLABORATIONS
- Adaptations of the framework to institutional archives, species collections, field recordings, or research questions.
- INSTAGRAM GALLERY
- INSTAGRAM GALLERY
- CONTACT
- For institutional enquiries, presentation formats, or access to the project PDF deck, please contact:
- CONTACT
- For institutional enquiries, presentation formats, or access to the project PDF deck, please contact:
- © Lucio Arese 2026. All Rights Reserved.
- © Lucio Arese 2026. All Rights Reserved.