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A little hummingbird followed you around the site. It can still be accessed via the Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771727378-RMGWZOAYSV0LZC2BV3XS/jill_brain_wave-750-data-garden.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) - Research and interviews - Richard Lowenberg Early blog posts featured interviews and features with bio-interactive artists. Like this one with Richard Lowenberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771588499-K5GVIVKLD2W1G3BI00SV/tim-knowles-tree-drawings.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771727350-XOGVOM1M4FH4Z9WFDER5/Data-Garden_BARTHOLOMAUS_TRAUBECK_4.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) Joe’s interview with Barthalamous Traubeck was highly influential for Data Garden’s work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771081774-U0LWYKOSP44L2JNP6XV2/2855892617_493083075e_h.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) A backyard ambient set played by Joe on toy instruments at a fall equinox party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771079968-99HPD11C14L4YA3TZCJF/3568456476_46951010d4_o.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) Back yard summer lounging happened. It seemed everyone was either in a band, a photographer, a filmmaker or all of the above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771079777-6GZOYBZ49U96JEOXITSN/3629726563_334be15c2f_c.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) Lots of noise and experimental jams in art galleries. Here, Jeff Zeigler makes some drone zones. We also had a DJ night going for 5 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765771080771-OH4N0IIGG2IXL63MVH12/3629726879_517f75f9df_c.jpg A Seed of an Idea (2011) Alex and I would often go on what we called “photo safaris” where we’d take nature photographs and make field recordings. 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Placing the hand near, but not touching the plant and listening to how the sound changed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1f407422-515c-452f-b15e-f24116e7abc2/holographic-universe-book.jpg The First Interaction (The Magic Moments) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/76d428b5-5c83-43fb-90d7-fe5178879f4d/6944681952_dd05c75b2f_c.jpg The First Interaction (The Magic Moments) - Make it stand out Listening to plant music got me into a state of heightened receptivity and awareness. It felt like an amplifier for my own intuition. http://www.joepatitucci.net/history-of-plant-music/sharing-the-technology daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/b3e064eb-ceb1-4363-934a-4659ef313dbd/biosonification-data-garden-history-plantwave.jpg Sharing the Technology - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/fd0a5006-75b6-4763-8dfa-5ffa778a5d27/plant-biosonification-history-sam-cusumano-midi-sprout-board.jpg Sharing the Technology - Make it stand out The first MIDI Sprout circuit board and the brain behind it (Sam), literally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/03322846-06b6-4329-a16b-08c0fcb5ac7b/plant-biosonification-history-jeremy-midi-sprout.jpg Sharing the Technology - Make it stand out Jeremy, a MIDI Sprout backer, volunteered to produce the enclosures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765778288904-U8YI1CLZ30I1H6YF2HGD/plant-biosonification-history-midi-sprout-assembly.jpg Sharing the Technology Sam demonstrates how to assemble the devices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765778289875-IIXB7MWKFGM4MJE3847J/plant-biosonification-history-assembling-midi-sprouts-at-home.jpg Sharing the Technology All hands on deck to assemble MIDI Sprouts, including Jon Shapiro and our intern/roommate Greg Driza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765778288867-3IN2BQQSQVPXMSCACJY3/plant-music-history-first-midi-sprouts.jpg Sharing the Technology 300 MIDI Sprouts packed and ready to ship from my living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765778616683-HVC6B42O3SX85V52N4SV/biosonification-history-plant-music-history-midi-sprout.jpg Sharing the Technology MIDI Sprout came in a cardboard enclosure and included a seed paper album similar to what we originally offered as a record label. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/1765778958979-V3CLT39Y7SCB3NQX1KK5/biosonification-synthesizer-midi-sprout-plantwave.jpg Sharing the Technology http://www.joepatitucci.net/history-of-plant-music/toward-accessibility-plantwave daily 0.75 2025-12-15 http://www.joepatitucci.net/history-of-plant-music/the-unfolding-present-plantwave-as-a-platform daily 0.75 2025-12-15 http://www.joepatitucci.net/history-of-plant-music/the-pivot-listening-to-the-data daily 0.75 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/7880434f-ccef-4511-8989-65de4b32e3d1/biosonification-history-plant-music0data-garden-quartet-graph.jpg The Pivot: Listening to the Data - Make it stand out Graphs from Sam’s early research on wave analysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cbf9f6e4b09faa58cd3f87/7fd49fa3-d3c6-4881-affe-55e61be301ad/philodendron-data.jpg The Pivot: Listening to the Data - Make it stand out Based on the sample MIDI I received from Sam, it was clear we needed to radically re-assess our approach. http://www.joepatitucci.net/history-of-plant-music/the-scenius-invention daily 0.75 2025-12-15