Ecosound Notation
PhD Research
The Ecosemiotic Extension of Soundscape Ecology — Exploring how music notation can serve as a multi-sensory artistic practice and a potential future mode of
communication in response to the ongoing ecological crisis.
[Title] Ecosound Notation: Reimagining Scores amidst Ecological Crisis
This practice-based research investigates how musical notation can serve as a multi-sensory artistic practice and a potential future mode of communication in response to the ongoing ecological crisis. Situated at the intersection of soundscape ecology, experimental notation, ecosemiotics, sound art and visual art, it develops the original concept of ‘Ecosound Notation’ to represent and analyse the soundscapes of wetlands affected by industrialisation. The project repositions musical notation within a non-anthropocentric framework, expanding its capacity to understand human and more-than-human interactions and foster sustainable coexistence. Drawing on firsthand experiences in the Yellow River Delta Wetlands and Walthamstow Wetlands, the research integrates field research, multispecies autoethnographic approaches, archival exploration, participatory experiments, interdisciplinary creation, and site-specific performances to offer practical toolkits for intervention and new academic insights.
📄️ Research Diary
🌀️ Research Practice:
01. Fieldwork: Walthamstow Wetlands
04. At the Verge of Rootedness:
Echoes from the Printed Notation
07. Fieldwork: Yellow River Delta Wetlands
02. Fieldwork: WWT London Wetland Centre
05. Workshop: Variations in the Wild:
Experimental Scores & Improvisation
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