Joe Patitucci
EDUCATION
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2002
Bachelor of Arts: Cultural Anthropology
Primary Teachers: Jayasinhji Jhala, Jay Ruby
Fieldwork conducted in Dhrangadhra, India
HONORS and GRANTS
Cornell University Library, Media Arts Archive, 2014
To facilitate future scholarship and classroom teaching, Cornell University Library is preserving and making accessible DataGarden.org, identified as important in understanding the history of digital media art.
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage development grant, 2012
For production of Data Garden’s The Switched-On Garden - a one-day music and arts festival exploring the relationship between plants, music and technology through music, performance and sculpture that blurs the distinction between biological and digital worlds.
Interactive Media Council, Interactive Achievement Award, 2012
Recognized for DataGarden.org, a website encouraging the discovery of electronic music through the windows of history, science and community.
SELECT INSTALLATIONS, EXHIBITS & PERFORMANCES
Installation: Plant Music Lounge June, 2023
Aspen Ideas - Deloitte | Aspen, CO
Installation: Plant Music Lounge June, 2023
Portal at Psychedelic Science | Denver, CO
Exhibit: A Musical Innovation - Nature’s Symphony June 2023
The Cade Museum for Creativity and Innovation | Gainsville, FL
Installation: Plant Music Lounge March, 2023
SXSW - Austin Convention Center | Austin, TX
Performance: Plant Music Showcase with Laraaji March, 2023
SXSW - Austin Convention Center | Austin, TX
Performance: Plant Music Concert with Eduardo Castillo January 2023
Habitas, Tulum | Tulum, MX
Installation: Singing Trees at Boston Seaport (PERMANENT) September 2021
The Rocks at Harbor Way | Boston, MA
Installation: Listen to Earth September, 2020
SKP - Holzweiler Activation | Beijing, CN
Installation: Space Hippie May, 2020
Notre | Chicago, IL
Installation: Data Garden Quartet January, 2020
Azulik | Tulum, MX
Installation: Listen to Earth January, 2020
Copenhagen Fashion Week | Copenhagen, DK
Installation: Data Garden Quartet November, 2019
TED Women | Palm Springs, CA
Installation: Indigo and Ashwagandha September, 2019
Older Brother in-store | Los Angeles, CA
Performance: Plant Healing Playground with Nicole Miglis July, 2019
Wisdome | Los Angeles, CA
Performance: Opening Ceremony Meditation May, 2019
In Goop Health | Los Angeles, CA
Performance: Mardeleva Collaboration April, 2019
Habitas, Tulum | Tulum, MX
Installation: Data Garden Quartet April, 2019
TED2019 | Vancouver, BC
Installation: Data Garden Quartet at Desert Gold April, 2019
Ace Hotel Palm Springs | Palm Springs, CA
Performance: “MIDI Sprout Meditation” November, 2018
Listen to music in the daylight under a tree | Los Angeles, CA
Exhibit: Heartspace August, 2018
Cosmic Heart Temple - Camp Mystic | Burning Man
Installation: Data Garden Quartet March, 2019
Habitas, Venice | Los Angeles, CA
Installation: Data Garden Quartet May, 2018
Luxury Escapism | Brooklyn, NY
Exhibit: Plant Music May, 2018
Denver Botanic Garden | Denver, CO
Installation: “Plant Music Immersion” November, 2017
Mystic Journey | Venice, CA
Installation: “Chapel of Co-Evolution” October, 2017
Mercado Sagrado - Paramount Ranch | Malibu, CA
Installation: “Data Garden Quartet” September, 2017
Grounds for Sculpture | Hamilton, NJ
Installation: “Data Garden Quartet” January 2017
Niyama Launch Party | Santa Monica, CA
Installation: Data Garden Environments April, 2016
Mack Sennett Studios | Los Angeles, CA
Performance: Laraaji & Joe Patitucci April 2016
Maha Rose | Brooklyn, NY
Performance: Data Garden & Laraaji March 2016
SUNY Purchase | Purchase, NY
Installation: Plant Music May 2015
Camden Night Gardens | Camden, NJ
Performance: Peak MIDI May 2015
Vox Populi | Philadelphia, PA
Performance: High Vibes (monthly DJ night) April - October 2015
The Dolphin Tavern | Philadelphia, PA
Performance: Virtual Private Dream Network (Deep Listening Sleep-in) January 2015
Philadelphia, PA | Durham, NC | Venice, IT | Sausalito, CA
Exhibit: Plants on Tour March 2014
Bang Pop at SXSW Interactive | Austin, TX
Installation: Hexadecibel September 2013
Christ Church Neighborhood House | Philadephia, PA
Exhibit: Personified May 2013
The Noguchi Museum | Long Island City, NY
Exhibit: Personified February 2014
The Institute of Contemporary Art | Philadelphia, PA
Exhibit: Personified August 2014
The Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA
Exhibit: Audio Archaeology May-June 2013
Frankford Historical Society | Philadelphia, PA
Installation: Data Garden Quartet May, 2014
First Friday Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV
Installation: Data Garden Quartet April 2013
Communikey Festival (ICAS) | Boulder, CO
Installation: Data Garden Quartet October 2012
VIA Festival (ICAS) | Pittsburgh, PA
Installation: Data Garden Quartet April 2012
The Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA
Performance: Electronic Music 2012 December 2012
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | Philadelphia, PA
Performance: Hello From the Children of Planet Earth (monthly DJ night) 2009-2014
Johnny Brenda’sn| Philadelphia, PA
Performance: Tadoma September 2010-2012
North America -
Performance: The Schuylkill River Yachting Society May 2007- May 2009 Philadelphia, PA
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS and RESEARCH
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns in Nature” June 2023
Aspen Ideas - Deloitte Tent | Aspen, CO
Panel: “Earth-Based Storytelling” March 2023
SXSW 2023 | Austin, TX
Panel: “What is Plant Music? When Artists and Nature Play” March 2023
SXSW 2023 | Austin, TX
Panel: “Sonification and the Future of Generative Art” March 2023
SXSW 2023 | Austin, TX
Workshop: “Plant Music Breathwork” March 2023
SXSW 2023 | Austin, TX
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns in Nature” May 2021
Sonar Festival | St. Pölten, Austria
Presentation: “Art 21 + Calm Together Meditation” March, 2020
art21.org
Workshop: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” April, 2020
nowness.com
Workshop: “Plant Music Breathwork” January, 2020
Azulik Hotel | Tulum, MX
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” January, 2020
Azulik Hotel | Tulum, MX
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” May, 2019
Rolling Greens Nursery | Los Angeles
Workshop: “Plant Music Breathwork” (WEEKLY) June 2019 - February 2020
Sanctum, LAl | Venice, CA
Workshop: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” June, 2019
Salvaje | Malibu, CA
Presentation: “Opening Ceremony Meditation” at In Goop Health May, 2019
Rolling Greens Nursery | Los Angeles
Workshop: “Plant Listening Session” February, 2019
Playtime Studio | Minneapolis, MN
Presentation: “Making Music with Plants” February, 2019
Company Gallery | Minneapolis, MN
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” at In Goop Health May, 2019
Rolling Greens Nursery | Los Angeles
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” February, 2019
Habitas | Los Angeles
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” October, 2019
Distribution Hall | Austin, TX
Workshop: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” December, 2018
Feminine Intelligence Festival | Los Angeles
Presentation: “Co-Composing with Nature” September, 2018
Composer’s Forum | Soho House Malibu | Malibu, CA
Workshop: “Plant Music Breathwork” (WEEKLY) May 2018 - February 2020
Mystic Journey l |Venice, CA
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” May, 2018
Unilever | Los Angeles
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” March, 2018
Envision Festival | Uvita, Costa Rica
Presentation: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” January, 2018
Akasha | Bali
Presentation: “Art, Technology and Environmentalism” January, 2017
San Diego Art Institute | San Diego, CA
Presentation: “Plant Radio” February, 2017
Coyhaique, CL
Talk: “Idea of Place Conference” May 2017
University of Alberta
Presentation: “Alternative Applications for Existing Technology” December, 2016
Science Leadership Academy | Philadelphia, PA
Workshop: “Exploring Patterns In Nature” November, 2016
Suz Retreat Center | Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand
Workshop: “Connecting to our Inner Light” September, 2016
Soul Nest | Santa Monica, CA
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” April, 2016
Asian Arts Initiative | Philadelphia, PA
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” May, 2016
Moogfest | Durham, NC
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” June, 2016
Wonder Wellness | 29 Palms, CA
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” June, 2016
Los Angeles, CA
Lecture: “Data Garden” March, 2016
Grounds for Sculpture | Hamilton, NJ
Presentation: “Plant Music”
Moore College of Art, October 2015
Presentation: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” August, 2015
Samsung, New York
Presentation: “Generating Music with Plants” September 2014
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” June 2014
The Center for Vibe Research | Philadelphia, PA
Workshop: “Exploring Musical Patterns in Nature” July 2014
Deep Listening Conference at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY
Presentation: “Generating Music with Plants” May 2014
Ableton Spaces at Together Festival, Boston
Workshop: “Data Garden, Bio-Interactive Art & Plant Sonification” May 2013
The University of Colorado, Boulder as part of Communikey Festival (ICAS)
Lecture: “When Art Meets Tech” May 2013
Supercollider at HUB Boulder
Research: “Gamification & the Arts” October 2012
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | Philadelphia, PA
Lecture: “Get Switched-On” September 2012
Ignite Philly | Philadelphia, PA
Research: “New Spaces / New Formats” June 2012
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Philadelphia Music Project
Lecture / Workshop: “Engaging Millenials Beyond Social Media” December 2011
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage | Philadelphia, PA
Albums / COMMISSIONS
Album: 420hz - Plant Music with Cannabis Plants April, 2022
Ladybug Farms | Royal Oaks, CA
Music: Tatcha - Clarity January, 2022
for Tatcha | Japan
Music: Tatcha - Indigo September, 2022
for Tatcha | Japan
Album: Data Garden Quartet April, 2012
Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA
Album: Tadoma - Field Notes February, 2011
Data Garden Records
Curational Work
SXSW 2023 | March, 2023
SXSW Interactive + SXSW Music | Austin, TX
Bartram’s Garden Music Programming August 2015
Bartram’s Garden | Philadelphia, PA
Data Garden Three Musicians at Art Splash August 2014
Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA
Art Splash July 2014
Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA
ForceField Project June 2014
Icebox Project Space | Philadelphia, PA
Mitral Transmission February 2014
Institute of Contemporary Art | Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Archives June 2013
Hidden City Festival | Philadelphia, PA
Heritage Electronics May 2013
Hidden City Festival | Philadelphia, PA
The Switched-On Garden 002 October 2012
Bartram’s Garden | Philadelphia, PA
Computer Groove March 2012
Little Berlin | Philadelphia, PA
The Switched-On Garden 001 October 2011
Bartram’s Garden | Philadelphia, PA
Data Garden Records 2011-2015
www.DataGarden.org
TEDxPhilly November 2010 + 2011
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (2010) / Temple University (2011)| Philadelphia, PA
Bibliography
Button pushers: the artists making music from mushrooms
Article, The Guardian, May 2022
Musicians Are Hooking Up Synthesizers to Plants for New Sonic Possibilities
Article, The Verge, March 2022
Enjoy the soulful, natural music of the Seaport’s Singing Trees
Article, Boston Globe, January 2022
Your city is too loud. Here’s how urban designers are fighting ‘sonic trash’
Article, Fast Company, October 2021
An instrument that can play the music of plants
Video Interview, Brut Media, September 2021
Listen to the mesmerizing music made by plants
Video Interview, Mashable.com, August 2021
Plant Music composer Joe Patitucci simplifies plant intelligence and holographic theory
Podcast, Alyson Stoner, August, 2020
Joe Patitucci on the soulful wisdom of houseplants
Interview, Art29 for Calm.com May 2020
Making Music with Plants
Article, Popular Mechanics, February 2020
The Lessons To Be Learned From ‘Forcing’ Plants To Play Music
Article, NPR, February 2020
The Top 10 Shows at Copenhagen Fashion Week
Article, Hypebae, January 2020
Aubrey Marcus Podcast
Podcast Interview, Aubrey Marcus - AMP 242, January 2020
The Astral Hustle Podcast
Podcast Interview, Cory Allen - Astral Hustle, November 2019
Duncan Trussell Family Hour Podcast
Podcast Interview, DTFH, September 2019
Let Your Plants Play Music, and Gardens of Sound Will Bloom
Article, WIRED, September 2019
From Stevie Wonder to Mother Earth's Plantasia
Article, NPR, June 2019
Plants That Sing
Podcast Interview, Twenty Thousand Hertz, June 2019
Coachella installation creates music from plants' biorhythms
Television Interview, ABC News, April, 2019
The secret life of plant music
Article, TED, April, 2019
Poplar music: The extraordinary flowering of Plants FM
Article, The Telegraph, March, 2019
The Secret Life of Plants
Interview, NPR - The Organist, September, 2018
National Park Service Ad Campaign
Artist feature for National Park Service #FINDYOURWAY promotional campaign, Summer, 2018
Inside the Spiritual World of Plant-Based Instruments
Interview, Vice - Thump, September, 2016
Data Garden: Pioniere der DIY-Biofeedback-Music
Television Interview, Tracks | Arte TV (DE / FR), September 2014
Musik aus der Eiskugel
Article, Golem (DE), December 2014
Rave On, Topfpflanze
Article, Intro Magazine (DE), July 2014
MIDI Sprout lets your plants create the sound of music
Article, The Guardian, May 2014
The Secret Language of Plants
Radio Broadcast, To the Best of Our Knowledge | Public Radio International, May 2014
Your houseplants can play electronic music with MIDI Sprout
Article, Dazed, April 2014
The Future of Music? The 405 interviews the people behind MIDI Sprout
Article, The 405, March 2014
Setting human biorhythms to an electronic beat: Data Garden
Radio Interview, WHYY, February 2014
A Data Garden homage to honeybees, sound and geometry
Article, Knight Arts, September 2013
Co-Composing with Plants
Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, June 2013
Plantable Music
Article Origin Magazine, March 2013
Music For Plants, Music by Plants in Two Eco-Themed Releases
Article, CreateDigitalMusic, May 2012
Interacting with Plants to Create Polyphonic Music
Interview, The Creator’s Project, April 2012
Listen But Do Touch
Interview, PulpLab, April 2012
Data Garden Pushes Biodegradable Circuitry and Plantable Albums
Interview, Vice Magazine/Motherboard TV, February 2012
Future of Audio-Visual
Feature, ModTV / MTV Brasil. November 2011
Data Garden Debuts Worlds First Plantable Music
Interview, Inhabitat, October 2011
Just Add Water
Interview, Philadelphia City Paper, September 2011
Tonight in Music - Tadoma
Article, The Seattle Stranger, April 2011
The Deli’s Featured Artist of The Month
Interview, The Deli Magazine, March 2011
Tadoma
Article, YVYNYL, April 2010
Interview with Tadoma - The Field Notes EP
Interview, The Vibrationist, April 2010