La prueba auditiva: evidencia de un ser vegetal

Laura Beloff

La prueba auditiva: evidencia de un ser vegetal

Translated title of the contribution: The Hearing Test: Evidence of a Vegetal Entity

Laura Beloff

Department of Art and Media

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Abstract

The author’s artistic experiment The Hearing Test focuses on detection of high frequency clicking sounds that are emitted by the tips of plants’ roots. Scientists have claimed that plants’ roots produce high frequency clicks between 20 and 300 kHz by bursting air bubbles. But while the phenomenon has been described, its cause remains unexplained. This lack of knowledge opens up possibilities for multiple interpretations and invites experimental approaches as well as speculation concerning plant intelligence, the role of species-specific hearing and sound as evidence. The article is an extended reflection on the experiment.

Original English language publication ©2020 by the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST). All rights reserved.

Translated title of the contribution	The Hearing Test: Evidence of a Vegetal Entity
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	50-61
Number of pages	12
Journal	Contra Narrativas
Volume	3
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2023
MoE publication type	D1 Article in a trade journal

Keywords

plants
plant intelligence
plant roots
sound
evidence

Field of art

Contemporary art

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