In this work, I created an ambisonic machine as a translator of the relationship between the processing of leaves by the Japanese stonefly and the Japanese pepper tree. Ambisonics is generally known as an immersive 3D audio format, but I interpreted it as a format for recording and playing back objects and their surrounding environmental information, and named it Ambisonic Machine. The ambisonic machine converts relationships that take place on a scale too small for human perception, or phenomena that are too long to be perceived, into a form that can be recognized, and recaptures them as music.
This system tracks the walking (traversing) movements of the beetle, the Japanese stonefly, as it rolls plant leaves to create a "cradle," and music is played as the stonefly moves over the leaves on which the graphic notation is written.
The two plant species with different leaf shapes (Isodon trichocarpus and Isodon umbrosus var. hakusanensis) change the gait of the mandarin ducks, and different music is played.
Isodon umbrosus var. hakusanensis
Isodon trichocarpus
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