An arts-research collective · bioacoustics · soil · ecology
Listening to the sounds of soil.
Projects
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Soil bioacoustics is an emerging discipline — and one with significant promise for non-invasive, real-time biodiversity monitoring. We are contributing to its development through collaborative research, public engagement, and critical dialogue about the ethics, ownership, and interpretation of soil sound data. We believe this field should remain open, accessible, and grounded in genuine care for living soil communities.
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We design and host immersive listening experiences that invite people — farmers, researchers, festival-goers, and curious publics — to encounter the sounds of living soil for the first time. From field installations to guided embodied practices, these events open space for wonder, dialogue, and a different kind of attention to the world beneath our feet. Our first exhibition, Resonating Fields, was held at Groundswell Festival 2025.
In development
An open-source soil sound archive — a living library of soundscapes from across the UK, built with farmers, ecologists, and artists. Currently an idea worth pursuing.
Writing & reflections
28 July 2025 · UKRI Transforming UK Food Systems
At this year's Groundswell Festival, we collaborated with ecologists to pause and listen to the soil. Resonating Fields was a collaborative installation secluded in the woods, away from the buzz of the festival — inviting people to immerse themselves in the hidden soundscapes of the world beneath our feet.
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About
Resonating Fields is an arts-research collective working at the intersection of ecology, bioacoustics, and more-than-human politics. We bring together researchers, farmers, artists, and ecologists to develop sensory and creative practices for relating to soil.
Our work asks what it might mean to attend to soil not as resource or substrate, but as a community of lives — and how listening might be a form of solidarity.
Members
Field recording · soil bioacoustics
We welcome collaborations with researchers, farmers, artists, and institutions working at the edges of ecology, sound, and more-than-human care.