When plants play on a band
A Manchester band, Bionic and the Wired, is in the news for a performance that featured a mushroom and two plants, each equipped with bionic arms, playing together.
Getting plants to individually play musical instruments has been at the heart of their efforts for some time now. In their words, “their art explores the intelligence and responsiveness of the natural world by transforming bio-electrical signals into artistic expressions”. The latest staging was, as they put it, “the largest ensemble of fungi and flora ever to perform live” using their bionic technology.