Deep Listening Art/Science

David Arner The marriage of art and science has as one of its myriad beginnings one question, “What bird is that I hear?” Aristotle, the first person in Western civilization who asked (and answered) that question, also asked, “What is art?” Ever since, interweaving threads of inquiry, observation, experimentation and creativity on the part of ornithologists, inventors, musicians and an army of dedicated amateur birders continue to ask more questions, seeking whatever insights may come to light.
David Arner’s wall-size spectrogram score for his “Abstract Songs for Birds: American Goldfinch ” will be on display.