DNA carries genetic information for the development and function of organism such as humans, plants and Fungi. A DNA sequence is a long, continuous chain made up of only four chemical bases referred to as G, A, T, or C. They repeat in various defined patterns to make up a gene. Many genes are identical…

On show at the exhibition was a film by Jenny Fraser shot on location at Mt. Lindesay on Bundjalung Country. Jenny allowed me to collaborate with her to add a soundtrack. I made the soundtrack based on sonification of a DNA sequence of the Myrtle Rust pathogen that is killing off native plants and trees in the…

In this current project I have used the computer generated audio made from the Myrtle Rust DNA sequence as if it were music made by a guest musician in a rehearsal room. The challenge for the live musicians is to play along to this strange computer generated audio. The science audio itself has a shifting…

Generative music music can be made from the electrical conductance of plants. This is done by attaching electrodes to the plant leaves to control the parameters of a EuroRack synthesiser. This example shows the sonification of Scrub turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens) which is a critically endangered Australian native plant. Scrub turpentine is highly sensitive to Myrtle…