Musically interacting with plants and fungi - what does that sound like? That is, when we - humans - take the time to stop, listen and respond?
That's the question Pōneke artist and musician Kieran Monaghan has been asking with his ongoing project, vegetable.machine.animal.
In it he transforms the living data from plants and fungi into voltage, translated into music via a modular synthesizer.
Long an experimental drummer with found sounds. Monaghan is exploring inter-species collaboration. Following residencies with the Audio Foundation and Toi Poneke, Monaghan holds the position of Visiting Scholar at Te Kōkī/New Zealand School of Music - Victoria University. and co-runs label Skirted Records with partner Chrissie Butler, who were for 23 years punk group Mr Sterile Assembly .
vegetable.machine.animal have recently released a debut album GUEST, and are currently touring the country.
