Moth x Human

Name: Moth x Human – 7th of June
Start: 2025-06-07T10:30:00+00:00
Location: Loading Bay

Ellie Wilson

A unique cross-species collaboration, where sonified moth activity was transformed into sound to spotlight the UK's declining biodiversity.

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Violinist and composer Ellie Wilson highlighted the UK’s biodiversity decline in a multi-instrumental piece that harnessed data from moths to make immersive sound.

Moth x Human is a thought-provoking composition that highlighted declining UK biodiversity. Moth activity data is sonified into emotive, immersive soundscapes, alongside acoustic instruments, field recordings, and electronics.

Sonified moth activity data combined with acoustic instruments and electronics in an immersive work highlighting biodiversity decline that was written by violinist-composer Ellie Wilson.

Genre: Sound art, electro acoustic, environmental music

About this event

All events across New Music Biennial 2025 were free.

Events included two performances of the same work and a short interview with the creative team in between the two. This enabled audiences to experience the second performance with greater insight into the creative process.

About New Music Biennial

New Music Biennial is a three-day festival celebrating the best new music across all genres from the country’s most exciting composers – and in 2025, for the first time, it came to venues around Bradford.

Credits

Presented in partnership with PRS Foundation, Southbank Centre, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings, and supported by Arts Council England.