I think they are trying to tell us something

Jan 13, 2023, 12:43 PM

"I dream of being able to understand what these amazing creatures are communicating, with each other, to other sea creatures and with us. The percussive communication of the sperm whale almost sounded like an old computer keyboard, typing us out a message, trying to convey with an intense urgency some vital information. 

"I put all the elements together that I wanted to perform with then pressed record and improvised with them, no editing or sequencing involved."

Sperm whale reimagined by Andrej Bako.

Part of the Polar Sounds project, a collaboration between Cities and Memory, the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB) and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Explore the project in full at http://citiesandmemory.com/polar-sounds