Frank EkebergSmithsonian Institution · National Museum of Natural History
Frank Ekeberg
PhD
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Introduction
Frank Ekeberg is a transdisciplinary artist and researcher working in the intersection of art, science and technology. His work explores issues of ecology, time, space and change, with a particular focus on biodiversity and species extinction. His research-based approach often involves collaborations within as well as beyond the art field, including visual and literary arts, anthropology, archaeology, biology and ornithology. Ekeberg is currently Artist Research Fellow at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C., USA.
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Space is an essential element of human experience. In our daily lives we move about in a multi-dimensional sound field, constantly processing spatial cues in our encounters with our surroundings. Awareness of space as a fundamental component of sound is nevertheless limited among artists and listeners. This paper presents a framework for recognizin...
Birding the Future is a multi-layered interdisciplinary project that explores issues of species loss and biodiversity while specifically focusing on the warning abilities of birds as indicators of environmental health. It is an outdoor installation and image walk incorporating multi-channel sound, stereoscopic images, text, Morse code messages, cal...
This thesis concerns space as an essential element of expression and communication in electroacoustic music. It shows that musical space is a complex term which refers to many different aspects of composition, performance and perception of electroacoustic music. It is argued that space is a compound musical element which can be integrated into the...
Birding the Future is an interdisciplinary artwork that explores current extinction rates by focusing on the warning abilities of birds as bioindicators of environmental change. The installation invites visitors to listen to endangered and extinct bird calls and to view visionary avian landscapes through stereographs, sculpture and video. This ongo...
