Performer, composer and musician Cassis B Staudt studied music at the Staatl. Musikhochschule Hamburg and at New York's Juilliard University. While working in NYC in Jim Jarmusch's team (co-producer 'Coffee and Cigarettes', Palme d'Or, Cannes) she wrote music and had the idea for Ferry Tales (Oscar nominated). Cassis B writes a wide variety of scores for theater, feature films and documentaries - for small and large ensembles. Highlights also include her songs, sound sculptures and film music symphonies. She has been working with children and young people in theater and music education for several years and is a guest lecturer at the HAW, Hamburg. Thanks to several grants (Neustart Kultur Musikfonds, Gema, DKV, MINDCHANGERS), she has dedicated herself to interactive plant music since 2020. Further information, as well as audio and video excerpts, can be found on Cassis B Staudt's homepage: 

www.cassisb.com

The artist and plant ambassador Cassis B Staudt makes plants “sing”. The sound is produced through biodata sonification. To do this, electrodes are attached to the leaves of the plant. The electrodes transmit electrical impulses from the plant, which are generated during photosynthesis, by touch or by adding water, for example. The signals can be fed with pre-produced “notes” via synthesizers, samplers and other midi instruments. The first musical fragments obtained in this way can now be transformed into individual compositions. A wide variety of projects have been created on this basis. 

The energy (meaning the bio-chemical process in the plant) is really translated into music. These musical fragments are spontaneous, individual compositions of the plant: