Encyclopedia Mesophoria

Meso-, from the Ancient Greek μέσος, means middle or in-between. The suffix -phor, from the Greek φέρω, means bearer of, or carrier of. Mesophor is a novel word coined by and for Encyclopedia Mesophoria. Encyclopedia Mesophoria is an Encyclopedia of the in-between.

 

Encyclopedia Mesophoria's core project captures, indexes, processes and displays electromagnetic recordings of living trees for our publicly available online resource. Due to their high water content, trees can propogate (and attenuate) electromagnetic signals through their bodies. A wide-band specialty reciever can be used to listen through trees, rendering every tree a completely unique, complex antenna. Encyclopedia Mesophoria believes this information to be of special value to the public, and works to build its database for use by artists, thinkers, scientists, or anyone with a curious mind.

 

Collaborations and partnerships

Encyclopedia Mesophoria is a hybrid, interdisciplinary project that thrives off of collaboration. The Encyclopedia works with partner institutions, artistic researchers and scientists to develop special projects, expand our existing work and open the creative interpretive possibilities of our datasets.

 

If you would like to develop a special project with us, please reach out to us using our contact form. We are particularly open to partnerships that bring our research to new sites or propose novel artistic interpretations of our data.