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Tim Collins and Reiko Goto spent two months of Spring 2024 at the Museums Quartier as Art & Ecology artists-in-residence. This video documents their experimental fieldwork with HAKOTO, a sensory instrument translating tree biochemical responses into sound, exploring the intricate dialogue between trees and their environment through light, carbon dioxide, temperature, and humidity. May–June 2024 […]
We’ve been experimenting with Google’s Notebook LM and its AI-generated podcast feature. Imagine our surprise when, after feeding it a few recent writings from our studio, it produced a captivating 10-minute conversation—one that unveiled a startling presentation of the ideas in the writing. This experience has us wondering and scratching our heads.
This is an overview and interview with Reiko and Dave talking about the intentions, process, and methods behind the development of “HAKOTO: portach / bog: A sense of otherness in the creative process.” The Exhibition was curated by Dr Sean O’Reilly. It was the outcome of a year long landscape, ecology and environment residency at […]
Collins + Goto Studio continue their exploration of ecological interconnections through HAKOTO, a body-instrument that translates photosynthesis and transpiration into sound, highlighting our shared atmospheric condition with trees. In 2024, their work will be featured in several key exhibitions and performances: April 18 – May 8: Performances at Ccckpit Festival, Düsseldorf and Köln. May 1, 3, 4, 5: HAKOTO live performances, filmed by Lou McLoughlan. May 5 – June 25: Artist residency at the Museum Quarter, Vienna, with performances and discussions at the Klima Biennale. June 1 – August 31: Glasgow Women’s Library exhibition and performances by Reiko Goto, including…
This exhibition highlights HAKOTO’s transformation to measure sphagnum moss’s photosynthesis on peat bogs, featuring video projections, Bog Lyric 2024, and immersive installations.
Reiko’s garden performance with HAKOTO featured native and traditional fruit trees, paired with Wish Tree by Yoko Ono and Ecofeminism installation indoors.
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