Collaboration creates Bloom 2019: A botanical soundscape
Next weekend 27–29 September, the Begonia House in the Wellington Botanic Garden will be transformed into a multimedia event, Bloom, created by students from the New Zealand School of Music—Te Kōkī, the School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies, and the School of Design.
The collaboration is part of the Garden’s 150 year celebrations.
Composition lecturer Thomas Voyce, who teaches a paper on electroacoustic composition, says the Gardens have long been a go-to destination for students looking to record interesting ambiences.
“Film students shot interesting footage at the Gardens, and edited the animations and footage together into ten four-minute films, including poignant homages to the Garden, quirky mashups, and outrageous quick-cut spectacles,” Thomas says. “My third year Composition students composed multichannel electroacoustic works to accompany these images. Their only restriction: all source materials had to be recorded at the Botanic Garden.”
The multimedia event is on for two nights, starting at 7.30pm
Tickets for the event are available here.