Nature Concert Hall 2016

Nature Concert Hall 2016 is an annual multimedia nature-educational event held at the Luznava and Zalenieki manors in Latvia, combining science, dramaturgy, music and art to draw attention to unnoticed local nature. The 2016 edition centres on the Long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus, and is designed as an art installation of ten thousand paper bats. A levitating cloud of graduated density hovers above the musicians and doubles as a screen for video and light projections. To achieve maximum lightness and a floating effect, the cloud is suspended from three paired electricity columns, widely spaced, and its volume refers to the dynamic geometries of flocking birds and bats found in nature. Black-and-white video, light projections and specially composed music continue the interpretation of the bat dark world. The project aim is to bring attention to surrounding nature, to tell about the daily unnoticed and to invite careful observation of the living world around us.