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We live most of our lives within a “sonic soup” of sound—human speech, natural noises like wind and water, wildlife, cars, machinery, and music, plus many other sources of auditory input. How do we sort through the cacophony to understand and interpret what we hear?
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Find Resonance: the evening series exploring the work of contemporary composers and sound artists hosted at the Exploratorium’s Kanbar Forum, where the state-of-the-art, 72-channel Meyer Sound Constellation sound system provides an intimate experience of every sonic detail.
What are the essential elements of life? How can you distinguish between the living and nonliving world? Exploratorium visitors explored these questions and more when our Life Science exhibit collection, Traits of Life opened to the public in 2002.
