Frog Chorus (2024)
https://frogchor.us
Frog Chorus is an audio-based web application that allows your mobile device or personal computer to chirp in a “chorus” of other computers, as if they were a chorus of frogs in the wild.
It uses the built-in speaker and microphone to have devices autonomously listen to and sing to each other, generating a dynamic and spatialized work of sound sculpture. Running Frog Chorus on a single device may generate a few peeps, but will not yield a chorus without proximity to other devices running the app. Instead, Frog Chorus requires active participation from a group, and invites users to become listeners and consider what might come from letting machines do all the talking.
This project is dedicated to the memory of the Dutch physicist and sound artist, Felix Hess, whose Electronic Sound Creatures work was a direct inspiration for this project.
On March 20, 2024, a listening event honoring the vernal equinox was presented in conjunction with Fruitful School. On this occasion, thirty participants placed their phones down, and let the phones sing to each other as frogs, as audience members listened in and watched the sun set over the Hudson River.
