'Tiny melodies': musician uses moths' flight data to compose piece about their decline

Ellie Wilson's piece titled Moth x Human assigns different sounds to the species on Parsonage Down in SalisburyThey are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the bright light of day as co-creators of a new piece of music - composed using the insects' own flight data.Ellie Wilson composed Moth x Human in a protected habitat on Parsonage Down in Salisbury, Wiltshire. She assigned each of the 80 resident moth species a different sound, which was triggered when it landed on her monitor. Continue reading...