Experience The Music Of Plants! Sound Art Installation At The PAAM

Posted on 30 June 2025 by

Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) Sculpture Garden
460 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

Sunday, July 13, 2025
10am to 5pm
Monday, July 14th, 2025
11am to 5pm

Symbiotic Music with Plants by Aric Attas

Experience the music of plants! The final stop on this year’s Secret Garden Tour is something truly extraordinary: a living, breathing garden soundscape at PAAM. Visitors are invited to slow down and listen—really listen—as the hidden music of nature is revealed in a live sound installation by acclaimed artist Aric Attas.

The installation, Summer Song – Tree Music in the Garden, turns the natural space of PAAM’s Sculpture Garden into an immersive experience. It’s a celebration of wonder, perception, and our deep-rooted connection to the living world.

Using custom-designed electronic instruments and sensors, Attas draws on the bioelectric energy patterns within the American Elm and Bradford Pear trees that shade PAAM’s Sculpture Garden. Signals produced by the plants’ own living processes are transformed in real time into harmonic tones, chimes, and ambient layers. The result: an evolving sonic tapestry where trees sing in harmony with birdsong, water, wind, and ambient human-made sounds

Visitors are welcome to come and go throughout the day, to sit beneath the canopy, absorb the sounds, and reflect. It’s a meditative finale to the tour—and a bridge to the exhibitions inside PAAM. The installation can be experienced on Sunday, July 13 from 10am to 5pm and Monday, July 14th from 11am to 5pm.

Artist Talks with Aric Attas
Sunday, July 13th, 2025
12pm, 2pm, and 4pm
Monday, July 14th, 2025
1pm and 3pm

Aric Attas, Artist, Creativity Coach based in Florida

In the Sculpture Garden itself, Attas will discuss the creative process and the natural phenomena that make Summer Song possible. His practice blends cutting-edge technology with poetic intuition to explore unseen and unheard dimensions of the world around us. Attas’ sound installations incorporate generative ambient music, using data input from the natural world, including living plants and collected field recordings from Cape Cod, sub-tropical Central Florida, and beyond.

As you wind up your Secret Garden Tour, please also step inside PAAM’s galleries to enjoy five remarkable exhibitions on view, all included with your ticket. 

Go Figure: Selections from the Permanent Collection (closing July 13th)

Anthony Fisher: Revisions (through July 20th)

The Napi and Helen Van Dereck Collection (through July 20th)

Director’s Choice: Shirley Gorelick in Provincetown (through September 1st)

Hartley | Hopper: Drawings from Two New England Collections (through August 17th)

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Explore ‘The Light Within’ Exhibition: Gallery Talk This Sunday, June 22, 2025

Posted on 16 June 2025 by

I hope you’re having a great summer so far!

Just a quick post to let you know about an event coming up this Sunday, June 22. I’ll be giving an informal gallery talk at the Community Church Gallery to coincide with my current solo exhibition titled The Light Within.

I’ll be sharing insights into the creative process behind my work, including selections from earlier series and some brand new pieces.

It’s been wonderful to see the work in this beautiful space—the art and the architecture really complement each other in an inspiring way.

The show will be up through July, so if you can’t make it Sunday, feel free to reach out to schedule a private tour. I’d love to share it with you.

Community Church of Vero Beach
1901 23rd St
Vero Beach, FL 32960

Map

I hope to see you soon!

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Explore Nature with Live Plant Music in Provincetown

Posted on 23 May 2025 by

I’m super excited to help kick off a new series of nature-focused workshops at The Commons in Provincetown, MA called From The Land.

Symbiotic: Nature Walk with Live Plant Music guided by Aric Attas
Tuesday, June 3 (rain date: June 4)
10:00 – 11:30AM
Beech Forest, Provincetown, MA 02657 map
Meet in the parking lot at 10
Registration required (12 max)
Fee $25

Have you ever truly listened to the natural world? Join us for a mindful walk into the forest, where we’ll slow down, tune in, and experience the hidden soundscape of the natural world. Using custom-designed electronics, we’ll listen to the live electrical energy patterns within local plants transformed into rich, expressive musical sounds that reveal the forest in an entirely new way. During this event you will experience these living sounds blend seamlessly with a gentle guided meditation, to create an immersive, multi-sensory journey. Rooted in curiosity, this event invites you to a deeper connection with nature, one that awakens your sense of wonder and awe for the natural world around us as a living, breathing soundscape.

Participants, please wear comfortable shoes and clothes for a short walk, and bring a chair if you’d like to sit during the listening sessions.

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Creative Sparks Moves To Thursdays

Posted on 30 March 2025 by

Ready to engage your creativity but aren’t sure where to start? Need feedback on some new work? Feeling a creative block? Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.

Creative Sparks 
Coffee House 1420
2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961
Thursday evenings
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Fee $25
No reservation required. Join us when you can. 

Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process at Coffee House 1420 Thursday evenings from 6:30-8:30. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.

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STEAM Talk with Moon Music Premiere

Posted on 25 February 2025 by

STEAM Talk with Moon Music
Saturday, March 1, 2025
6:00-7:00PM
Hallstrom Planetarium
3209 Virginia Avenue Fort Pierce, FL 34981

Have you ever wondered how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math can inspire art? Of course you have! Come check out my STEAM talk at the Hallstrom Planetarium on the Ft. Pierce campus of Indian River State College. I’ll be sharing the creative process behind my artwork and music. I’ll be playing some of my plant music and debuting my Moon Music creating by using code to map the ages and diameters of craters on the moon to music!

Photo by Reardin Creative

Photo by Reardin Creative

Photo by Reardin Creative

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Symbiotic Meditation At The Center For Spiritual Care

Posted on 24 February 2025 by

Live Plant Music and Guided Meditation with Sound Artist Aric Attas

The Center for Spiritual Care
1550 24th Street
Vero Beach, FL 32966
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:30-8:00PM

Suggested donation $15.

Space is limited. Please contact me or call the Center for Spiritual Care at 772-567-1233  to register.

Have you ever truly listened to the natural world?

Join us for a unique guided meditation experience where nature and sound come together to nurture your inner peace. During this session, you’ll be guided through calming visualizations, accompanied by ambient music created in collaboration with plants. Each note and texture is derived from the natural electrical vibrations of the plants themselves, harmonized through generative algorithms to create an organic, soothing soundscape.

Perfect for both beginners and seasoned meditators, this session offers a unique  experience, where guided meditation and plant-based music merge to bring you to a place of serenity, balance, and reconnection with the natural world.

Symbiotic is a series of live generative music performances and recordings created in collaboration with plants. Through these collaborations I translate the electrical vibrations within plants into audible music creating compositions allowing us to hear the otherwise silent symphony of nature and experience our connection on an immersive level. 

The music that emerges from this collaboration is deeply relaxing, well-suited for meditation, yoga, stress reduction, and creative activities. Unlike traditional recorded music, generative music exists only in the present moment, infinitely evolving through adaptive generative algorithms that respond in real-time to data received from live plants. There is no fast forward or rewind, only the present moment. What transpires is a deeper connection between ourselves and the natural world.

Special thanks to @reardin_creative for the photo!

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Get Your Creativity On!

Posted on 18 February 2025 by

Ready to engage your creativity but aren’t sure where to start? Need feedback on some new work? Feeling a creative block? Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.

Creative Sparks 
Coffee House 1420
2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961
Wednesday evenings beginning January 15, 2025
6:30-8:30PM
Fee $25
No reservation required. Join us when you can. 

Visit Creative Sparks for more info

Creative Sparks creativity salon

Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.

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Soundwalk Saturday, Feb 22, 2025

Posted on 17 February 2025 by

Saturday, February 22, 2025
10:00AM – 11:30AM
RAW Space
1795 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32960
This event is free/by donation. We ask that you please register here.

Our next Soundwalk will be this Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 10-11:30AM. Come check it out. I bet you’ll be surprised at what you discover!

Have you ever truly listened to your surroundings? Join us for a unique exploration of the Edgewood neighborhood, where we’ll tune into the world in ways you may have never imagined. Inspired by Hildegard Westerkamp’s concept of the soundwalk—“any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment”—this experience is designed to open your ears and awaken your senses.”

Contact me with any questions regarding this truly unique sonic adventure!

Check out Sounds of Old Dixie post to hear sounds from our recent soundwalks in Vero Beach.

Special thanks to @reardin_creative for the photos!

Event is rain or shine. 😊

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Creative Sparks Returns!

Posted on 13 January 2025 by

The new year is in full swing. Maybe you’ve promised yourself to engage your creative side more this year, maybe you just need a little, or big, power boost. Creative Sparks is the place for you.

Creative Sparks 
Coffee House 1420
2001 14th Ave Vero Beach FL 32961
Wednesday evenings beginning January 15, 2025
6:30-8:30PM
Fee $25
No reservation required. Join us when you can.

Visit Creative Sparks for more info

Creative Sparks creativity salon

Join us for lively and inspiring conversations about art and the creative process on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:30 at Coffee House 1420. Bring some new work, questions about art, fresh ideas, or just show up and participate in the group discussion. I’ll offer critique, ideas and strategies for getting ideas off the ground and into the gallery, book or other outlets.

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Sounds Of Old Dixie Highway

Posted on 30 December 2024 by


Upcoming Soundwalks
Saturday, January 11, 2025 at RAW Space
Saturday, February 22, 2025 at RAW Space
10 – 11:30AM
Free/By Donation

Visit my Soundwalk Experience post for more details and stay tuned for more soundwalk opportunities!

We recently had an amazing soundwalk as part of the (abstract)URGE exhibition at RAW Space. After a brief discussion about ways of listening we ventured out onto Old Dixie for a sonic adventure. Here are just a few of the sounds we heard. It’s amazing how the ordinary can reveal the extraordinary when you are still and listening.

I invite you into our experience. Headphones recommended to get the full stereo effect.

Cars Passing By
Angry Car Horn
Door Slam + Lock
Restaurant Window Washing
Motorcycle Drive By
Walking On Dried Palm Fronds
Walking On Gravel

Not looking for good sounds or bad sounds, just listening and noticing what you perceive. Notice how some sounds might attract you while others repel you. 

Suggestions for Further Exploration 
Sam Green, 32 Sounds
John Cage, Silence: Lectures and Writings
Kay Larson, Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life
of Artists
Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening: A Composer’s Sound Practice, Quantum Listening
R. Murray Shafer, The Soundscape, The Tuning of the World
Hildegard Westerkamp’s 1989 Kits Beach Soundwalk, https://youtu.be/hg96nU6ltLk
Bernie Krause, The Great Animal Orchestra, Notes from the Wild: The Nature Recording Expeditions of
Bernie Krause

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