Workshop: Musical Plants
OVERVIEW
MUSICAL PLANTS WORKSHOPS:
Have you ever made music with a marigold? Composed with a chrysanthemum? Or listened to some lavender?
In this workshop, we will introduce participants to Musical Plants and devise ways of playing them to create new musical compositions. Participants will play through a series of creative exercises that explore how this technology works and what else it could be used for.
Musical Plants are unique digital instruments made from real living plants! When you connect with the plants and touch the leaves, you control a computer to make your own beautiful and unique melodies. It’s time to be surprised, delighted, and captivated by a magical world of musical plants.
No prior musical experience is necessary as Musical Plants is an instrument that is yet to be mastered by anyone!
These workshops will involve music-making, drawing, design, and technology.
THE TEAM:
Two workshop facilitators/ producers run workshops and set up / pack down the plants.
Facilitators can run up to 3 x 50min workshops in a 4hr day, for 20 people per session.
THE SETUP:
The workshop can be set up in a variety of configurations, the minimum space required is 3 Metres x 3Metres
WHAT WE BRING
The Musical Plant Planters (These are approx 15kg each) - portable, self contained units with battery power, speakers and tech enclosed within.
The (actual) Plants - we purchase these locally if interstate/ international
Workshop materials (worksheets, drawing materials)
WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU
A space to set up 😃
INTERNATIONAL TOURING & INTER-STATE BY AIR (OUTSIDE OF VICTORIA)
Touring Party of 2
Individual rooms required for touring party.
Touring party can also attend media calls and interviews on request.
LOCAL TOURING BY ROAD (VICTORIA & INTERSTATE)
Touring Party of 2
The installation travels in a van
Accomodation required if more than 2 hours from Melbourne CBD by road
Musical Plants Workshop at a community festival
Individual Planter dimensions 86 x 27 x 81cm
EXAMPLE OF AN ENGAGEMENT - St Kilda Festival
Case Study from the St Kilda Festival (installation facilitation and interactive workshops)
Saturday we prepared the installation for travel.
Sunday morning at 7:30am we bumped in The Plants and set up workshop station with materials.
10am - 4pm we presented The Plants interactive installation with 2 facilitators
Facilitators ran 2 x 50 minute interactive workshops with participants (pre-booked and walk-ins) at 11am and 1pm.
We began pack-down at 4pm and were finished bump out by 5pm.
The Plants Pop Up Workshop - St Kilda Festival