Symphony for the New Migration "Pathogenesis" : 2.Allegro I.Survival. Design March Reykjavik 2019. Playing during the Counter_point exhibition at the abandoned supermarket, Víðir.
SYMPHONYFOR THE NEW
MIGRATION
"PATHO-GENESIS"
SYMPHONYFOR THE NEW
MIGRATION
"PATHO-GENESIS"
Symphony for the New Migration ′′Pathogenesis′′ : 1. Prelude to Extinction
Symphony for the New Migration ′′Pathogenesis′′ : 2. Allegro I. Survival
Symphony for the New Migration ′′Pathogenesis′′ : 3. Fugue. Mimicry. 9'23
SYMPHONY FOR THE NEW MIGRATION "PATHOGENESIS"
SYMPHONY FOR THE NEW MIGRATION "PATHOGENESIS" :
1. PRELUDE TO THE EXTINCTION
In the Symphony For The New Migration ‘‘Pathogenesis’’, the story takes place in Iceland. Touristic country filled with hotels and tour guiding around the Island, so you could buy memorable experiences for some sum of money.
Numerous people come and go everyday, creating an image of Iceland being a mix of cultures,
a mix of different bodies.
SYMPHONY FOR THE NEW MIGRATION "PATHOGENESIS" :
2. ALLEGRO I.SURVIVAL
Tourists visit famous swimming pools, important culture facilities and beautiful lands. Yet, one of the most frequently attended places are nothing else than supermarkets.
Everything in the city becomes centered around humans, meanwhile other animals – adapting to the existing environment – have to
SYMPHONY FOR THE NEW MIGRATION "PATHOGENESIS" :
3. FUGUE. MIMICRY
9'23
change their usual habits and
everyday rhythm, to stand the pace of a human.
Many creatures are becoming nocturnal, being active during the night to avoid the most dangerous predator.
Seeking shelter in the city, build up for human standards, new ecosystems are being created. The most frequently visited facility, the supermarket, is not the best environment to grow for any given specie.
However, nesting in the newly inhabited territory, the birds from different parts of Iceland migrated in search for livable conditions, making their homes in the city of a homo sapiens.
Víðir 001 - Supermarket ambient
XC43273 - Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus
XC432731 - Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
XC432734 - Rock Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta
XC432778 - Pink-footed Goose - Anser brachyrhynchus
Víðir 004 - Trolley checkout
XC432735 - Black-legged Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
XC65880 - Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
XC83950 - Eurasian Oystercatcher - Haematopus ostralegus
XC83894 - Dunlin - Calidris alpina
XC43274 - Crickets - Gryllus campestris
XC83973 - Meadow Pipit - Anthus pratensis
XC432731 - Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
XC448909 - Horned Grebe - Podiceps auritus
XC448911 - Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
XC83916 - Common Redshank - Tringa totanus robusta
Víðir 005 - Beeping sound of the scanner
XC383528 - Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
Víðir 006 - Unsatisfied crying child
XC432751 - Razorbill - Alca torda
XC432780 - Parasitic Jaeger - Stercorarius parasiticus
XC57851 - Greylag Goose - Anser anser anser
XC432776 - Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
XC57908 - Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis
XC432754 - Glaucous Gull - Larus hyperboreus
XC432772 - Barrow’s Goldeneye - Bucephala islandica
XC57849 - Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis
XC83922 - Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa islandica
XC83908 - European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
XC432748 - Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
XC83909 - European Golden Plover - Pluvialis apricaria
XC432757 - Long-tailed Duck - Clangula hyemalis
XC432773 - Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
XC432747 - Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea
XC83919 - Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa islandica
XC432781 - Red-throated Loon - Gavia stellata
XC455099 - Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
XC432774 - Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa
XC432782 - Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica
XC83920 - Black-tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa islandica
XC57912 - Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
XC383527 - Northern Raven - Corvus corax varius
XC432785 - Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
XC432751 - Razorbill - Alca torda
XC43294 - Great Skua - Stercorarius skua
XC432786 - Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
XC83934 - Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
XC57911 - Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
XC432765 - Crickets - Gryllus campestris
in order of appearance
Icelandic birds recordings
composed by Argitxu Etchebarne & Ma Kowasz