HMK Plant Band in Ableton Live
25 October, 15:00
led by Remco Visker of Popschool Remco Visker

On 25 October, HMK organised Plant Band in Ableton Live, led by Remco Visker. Together with a group of enthusiastic teenagers, sensors on plant leaves were used to investigate how biological processes in plants, such as sap flows, can be translated into synthesiser sounds. These sounds were then brought together and supplemented with sounds from different (digital) instruments during an improv jam session. We were amazed by the organ(ic) sounds and enjoyed providing the chapel with thunderous sounds from Plant Band.

Plant Band in Ableton Live is a collaboration between HMK and Pop School Remco Visker, who developed and supervised the workshop. It came about as part of the project The Plantiarchy by Bernice Nauta and Gijsje Heemskerk, which was on view at HMK earlier this year.