The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchestra, 2017 (detail)

Nephila senegalensis silk, carbon frame, light beam, meteoritic dust, stellar wind, sonic waves, 24 loudspeakers, one set of passive bass speakers, 3D camera system, video camera, video projector, dark matter detector software

In a darkened room a spider sits in her web, woven inside a suspended steel frame, and awaits her prey. Her actions are picked up by directional microphones and translated into low frequency sounds emitted by two small loudspeakers positioned nearby. The vibrations created by these sounds in turn create small vibrations, which stir up dust particles naturally present in the air.

Photo © Andrea Rossetti