Bernie Krause is a soundscape ecologist, having spent nearly six decades traveling the globe to record the vast range of noises emerging from tropical rainforests, antarctic tundras, deserts, and more. His work has taken him from the Muir Woods north of his home in the San Francisco area to the beaches of the Galápagos to the lush ecosystems of the Amazon, where he captures unique sonic tapestries of natural life.

A playful stop-motion animation by Marine de Francqueville visualizes one of Krause’s soundscapes through a series of abstract shapes. Against a backdrop of pebbles in a vintage typecase, small components pop up, twist, and spring across the space as birds and insects chime in. When human chanting joins the chorus mid-way through, the lively elements grow even bolder.

Watch “Cuicuicui,” which translates to “tweet tweet tweet” and can also refer to the ambient sound of a passing crowd, on Vimeo. Find more from de Francqueville on Instagram.

 

a gif of abstract shapes dancing across a wooden frame filled with pebbles

a still of yellow shapes atop a wooden case filled with pebbles

a gif of abstract shapes dancing across a wooden frame filled with pebbles

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