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Show 760: OF SEEDS AND LICHEN by KATE DONOVAN & GABI SCHAFFNER for radio x

Of Seeds and Lichen is an invitation to join Datscha Radio’s collective artistic experiments in sensing the garden.
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Seeds Dispersal I and II by Kate Donovan
8:15 min
“Seed Dispersal” explores the sounds and stories of various seeds on their journeys through water, air, and bodies: a cosmos of dispersal, told in radio snippets and sent upon a breeze. With sounds and voices from Pablo Juanes; Molly, Hunter & Scout.
Seed Dispersal I and II formed part of Datscha Radio’s intervention “Radio Seed Bombs” on the 13th of September 2019.

La Lichen Parfumée by Gabi Schaffner with Julia Drouhin
19:30 min
Based on several failed experiments in the transposition of plant’s chemical ingredients into random melody, lost and found field recordings and the sound and scents of a waffle iron. (Lan: F)
Text, recordings and composition: Gabi Schaffner
Speaker: Julia Drouhin
Piano: Sanne Drouhin-Kok
Waffle Iron: Richard Schaffner
La Lichen Parfumée was written and composed for Datscha Radio’s Nightgardening II, “Frequencies and Fragrances”, broadcasted August 8-9, 2019.