soniDOME will be part of FILE 2019 in São Paulo, Brazil with the sonification work C. psychrerythraea34H
C. psychrerythraea34Hi s a work of “protein music” that seeks to sonically explore the creative and scientific portrayal of the extremes of life in the earth’s polar and deep oceans. The sonic work is a transcoding (from amino acid sequence notation to sound) of the Arctic genomic/proteomic sequence of the protein matrix that facilitates the survival and protection of the extremophile microbial culture – Colwellia psychrerythraea34H. This protective protein matrix facilitates the organism’s growth well below freezing in sea ice and to the deepest depth and pressures of the ocean (at more than 10000 meters) – the limits of survival of life in the far extremes of the biosphere and the common biotic link between life at the poles and the deep ocean of our planet. The work is a creative testimonial and expression of the endurance and importance of the connection among the Arctic and Antarctic lifeforms to the expanse of the biosphere – from the frozen parts of earth to the extremes of life in the most inaccessible corners to man – from life’s deep sea and polar origins that endure beyond humankind’s terrestrial existence and obsessions.
FILE ( Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica/ the International Festival of Electronic Language) is in year 20. The 2019 version will run from June 25 thru August 11, 2019 in São Paulo. FILE is the largest art & technology venue in Brazil with more than 5800 attendees expected per day & > 290,000 attendees at the 2018 festival. Subsequent FILE venues in Brazil will be in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre for 2019.
