free flock documentation / domestic installation 2011
10 x video, 20 x audio channels documenting a community of grosbeak and african golden weaver birds in an ornamental lake. Garden of Maweni Farm outside Soni, Lushoto, Tanzania. Recorded on Siku ya Uhuru (Day of Freedom) 2011, and preceding days. Elements for free flock – (re)construction using cellphones, tablets, laptops or projectors, with or without amplification. Click each clip to play / pause. It rained at night and half the day, soaking the dark soil of Maweni until around midday it started to brighten, bringing everything and everybody back out into the open.. on the eve of the day to mark 50 years of independence.. embedded in years of cultivations among the agroecosystems of the valleys above Moshi, its densities and diversities elude whatever equipment Note 8–12–2011