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Lindsey French

: Character Recognition – Harms Woods #1 60" x 40", digital print on plywood

: Character Recognition – Harms Woods #2 60" x 40", digital print on plywood

: Character Recognition – Harms Woods #1 (Score) 60" x 40" digital print Score for video performance derived by applying optical character recognition (OCR) software to images of the landscape.

: Character Recognition – Harms Woods #2 (Score) 60" x 40" digital print Score for video performance derived by applying optical character recognition (OCR) software to images of the landscape.

: seductiveness the which issued by the whole person Book generated from a conversation with an oak tree. During a complete reading of Virginia Woolf's, 'Orlando,' the tree's vibrational response was measured, used to establish a key of translation between vibration and word. The text of the novel was generated during a period of listening, in which I translated the tree's vibrations back into the words of the novel.

: Concert for Plants by Plants Series of live performance of a cherry tree in western Massachusetts to an audience of invited houseplants in Chicago, IL. The cherry tree's vibrations were measured using a piezo sensor, and sent over the worldwide web to Chicago. These vibrations were amplified and played in real time through ceramic dishes (and later, a wooden platform) where the audience plants sat.

: Character Recognition - Harms Woods #2 One of a series of video performances scored by applying optical character recognition (OCR) software to images of the landscape.

: upon writing grass "upon writing grass" is a story written by an oak tree in Chicago. Embodied in a wooden floor made of sustainably harvested Chicago oaks, the story emerges as both text and vibration.

: phytovision (excerpt) Human and plant perspective video of a road trip from Chicago, Illinois to Saugatuck, Michigan. Scientific research indicates that plants perceive both light and shadow, as well as the colors red and blue. With original soundtrack.

: Novel by an Oak Tree Documentation of a performance in which a novel was produced from a conversation with an oak tree. During a complete reading of Virginia Woolf's, 'Orlando,' the tree's vibrational response was measured, and I established a key of translation between vibration and word. The text of the novel was generated during a period of listening, in which I translated the tree's vibrations back into words. Four months later, this novel, "Seductiveness the which issued from the whole person," was read aloud to another, younger oak tree during a gallery performance, inspiring the next generation of literature written by trees.

: Drunken Text Messages from an Oak Tree Cell phone video documenting a series of drunken text message conversations between myself and an oak tree.

: Character Recognition - Harms Woods #1 One of a series of video performances scored by applying optical character recognition (OCR) software to images of the landscape.