The Earth’s Pulse, The Project
Is the Earth alive?
Our planet is 4.5 billion years old—an unimaginable span for our minds, far
surpassing the scale by which we measure our personal time. Even the existence of
humans as a species on Earth is negligible in the vastness of the Universe.
Our own evolution has been moving us away from contact with nature, of which we
are part, our ancestors and even today many native peoples have a greater
awareness of respect for the Earth.
The Earth’s Pulse, that life of our planet as a geological entity, manifests itself to us
through heat (geothermal), vibrations (seismic events) and the effluvia of liquid
gasses, pyroclastic activity and magma.
The knowledge of our own planet, the Earth, will allow us to improve our connection
with it, to understand its power as well as its fragility, and to establish the peace with
nature that we need so much.
The Earth’s Pulse is an interdisciplinary project that crosses art, science and
technology. The aim of the project is to make us aware that the Earth is a living entity
and that today it expresses itself with all its vitality.
The project is an interactive performance composed by the performer, video
mapping in real time, live coding music and the participation of the public.