a n a u d i t o r y e x p e r i m e n t
questioning
do sea sponges have ears?
do they hear collectively in their colonies or as the individual?
what sounds do these multicellular organisms recognize when a nudibranch preys upon their neighbor?
what relation(s) do we (as humans) share with the ocean and her residents?
are we becoming in-kind, living alongside, making kin, or simply with?
how do we reconcile the impossibility of *knowing* the experience of these creatures
(( we may never know what it is to *be bat* or *think coyote* ))
with what we are only nearly beginning to understand as anthropocentric?
what lasting impact do we make by attempting …
cognition / reason / knowledge
inquiry /observation / perception
absorbtion / alteration / transduction
… of our oceanic friends?