A project developed and produced by THE TILT with the kind support of:

TU Elektronisches Studio - Technische Universitat, Berlin

The European Union, Festival de San Luis MX, Giardino Sonoro IT,

City of Berlin DE, SAFRA DE, Festival 24 Stunden Neukolln

Festival Stadt Natur and others.

This project is defunct

Lab-trees

2012, Tree-Lab 1> Transforest 1, composer's studio

2012, Tree-Lab 1> Transforest 3, composer's studio

Installations:

2010 Die Insel, Berlin, Germany, Klangkaskaden-Haikus, Commission: EU Soziale Stadt, Berlin City, German Federal Government and Interzone. YOUTUBE  2009 - Die Insel, Berlin, Germany, Baumberauschen 2, Socially healing an abandoned park with sound art. Commission: Kunst Identitat series through the European Union's Soziale Stadt program. 2007-08 - Galerie Hope and Glory, Kornerpark, Berlin, Germany, Baumberauschen, Sound Installation. Commission: Kunst Identitat series through the European Union's Soziale Stadt program.  2007, Ballhaus Naunynstr., Berlin, Germany, Die Schaukel, real-time interaction-performance with living trees. Interaktion Festival 1 2007, Ballhaus Naunynstr., Berlin, Germany, Oori Shalev: To Sing a Forest, real-time interaction-performance with living trees. Interaktion Festival 1. 2007 - TU Elektronisches Studio, TU University, Berlin, Germany, Biosphere Lab, by the Tilt. An experimental extension of the Technisches Universitat Berlin, Elektronisches Studio.  2006 - Patio central de la Universidad de San Luis, San Luis Potosi City, Mexico, Sotavento by The Tilt, A network of sonic trees, sound installation, Festival de San Luis. Berlin, Germany, Florence, Italy and San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Commission: Festival de San Luis.

2005 - Trying the technology for the first time

Collaborators:

Iftah Gabbai, Bertram Hansum, Olaf Hilgenfeld, Oori Shalev and Yuki Tanji

In this grove, the trees listen to the wind, and the wind speaks through them. Selected branches, fitted with sensitive  accelerometers, sway like pendulums, their subtle movements transformed into sound. Six levels of wind—from a gentle caress to a restless gust—guide a palette of sounds, from tender whispers to bold, expressive bursts.

Leaf speaker spreading the sounds. Haikus installation

Two leaf-shaped speakers hang from each tree, blending seamlessly with the branches, releasing the tree’s voice into the air. Each tree carries its own character: glass-like chimes, human whispers, piano notes, percussion, or electronic textures. As the wind moves, the trees perform, inviting the audience into a quiet, contemplative dialogue, where one learns to wait, watch, and listen.

Stand Still, The trees ahead and bushes beside you

Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,

And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,

Must ask permission to know it and be known.

The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,

I have made this place around you.

If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.

No two trees are the same Raven.

Not two branches are the same to Wren.

If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,

You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows

Where you are. You must let it find you.

David Wagoner, "Lost", in: Who shall be the Sun?, Indiana University Press

The song of a tree knows no borders. Movement data can travel across the globe, allowing a tree in Mexico to echo the gestures of a tree in Germany or Italy, while keeping its own sonic identity. If the wind falls silent, the tree rests too—still, waiting, in perfect harmony with nature.

Here, technology becomes poetry: the rustle of leaves, the sway of branches, and the invisible touch of wind converge to create a living, breathing symphony—a meditation on time, distance, and the unseen rhythms that surround us.