An amazing bit of live musical improvisation with a plant and a man.
The plant is connected to the U1 and Simone Vitale is playing my Anantar (koto-kampura).
The U1 device allows plants to produce sounds and to make music. It does so by measuring the electrical resistance of vegetable tissues and transducing it into a MIDI signal (Musical Instruments Digital Interface). The MIDI signal then controls a synthesizer that produces the actual sound.
The classic book ‘The secret life of plants’ is a good read. It can be a good starting point to gain information on unusual and fascinating experiments and research on the consciousness of plants.
In the 1960s a man named Cleve Backster observed the astounding reactions of different plants when subdued to threatening intentions and behaviours. Using a galvanometer in conjunction with a Wheatstone bridge (very similar to the polygraph) he was able to measure the changes in the plant electrical resistance.
Using this system Backster observed behaviour in plants such as detecting the intentions of people in the room, reacting to threatening intentions or behaviour and even reacting with shock when another life form was hurt in the vicinity.
For more music of the plants (and not only):
https://soundofgoldenlight.bandcamp.com/
For information on the U1 device:
http://www.musicoftheplants.com/en/
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