Special Projects

VOICES [FOR BIODIVERSITY]

An interactive artwork by Leonel Moura that broadcasts voices from the natural world in the face of the calamitous extinction of species caused by human action. The installation is composed of a set of 20 “cocoons” each filled with an electronic assemblage including a motion sensor, a micro-controller, a memory card, an RGB LED ring and a speaker. When a “cocoon” detects movement, it randomly reproduces a sound of an animal stored in a mp3 library and lights up the LED. The more people entering the room the more the environment will resemble a jungle disturbed by human presence.

• Country: Portugal
• Org. Responsible: MUNHAC (National Museum of Natural History and Science)
• Location: MUNHAC, Lisbon, Portugal
• Start date: 4 March 2020
• End date: 29 March 2020
• Contact person: Leonel Moura, Joël Bensoam
• Contact email: arte@leonelmoura.com, jbensoam@fcsh.unl.pt
• URL: www.leonelmoura.com/voices/