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The Avian Android

avianandroid.jpgVery Kircherian: Artist Judith Fegerl has created a beautiful mechanical reproduction of the Chinese nightingale’s chant.

Watch the video.

* Previously in the Proceedings: The Musical Notation of Bird Songs, The Lyrebird’s Song, The Kinetic Sculpture of Arthur Ganson

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2 Responses to “The Avian Android”

  1. bioephemera.com » Poem of the Week: set upon a golden bough and sing Says:
    August 31st, 2007 at 10:53 am

    [...] Via the Athanasius Kircher Society: artist Judith Fegerl has created a sculpture that mechanically replicates the song of a nightingale. [...]

  2. The Avian Android » hobgobbler.com Says:
    September 30th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    [...] Via Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society [...]

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