Celestial Gardens: The Secret Sounds of Plants

FEB 18-20, 23-27, at Bicentennial Conservatory, Adelaide Botanic Garden. Two sessions per evening.

Welcome to the 2022 Fundraiser. The plants are alive for 9 nights only !

Join Sacred Resonance, In Search of the Divine and guest Australian guest artists for an exotic multimedia installation that explores the secret dimensions of the plant kingdom.

Can plants communicate? What would they say if they could speak? Discover the hidden language of plants as you explore the Celestial Garden in the rainforest of the Adelaide Bicentennial Conservatory !

Enter the Bicentennial Conservatory and be transported. Experience the secret life of plants, find pockets of art and move  inbetween realms. Wander through the rainforest communicating in response to movement and touch. Journey through pathways of light, vivid colour, aural art and otherworldly performance.

The Bicentennial Conservatory, Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Celestial Gardens is an interactive installation of plant music utilising instruments to translate plant biodata into music.

With each step discover something new. Enliven your senses in the celestial garden through an interactive installation uncovering the secret life of plants. Discover a musical wonderland drenched in light, colour, art & otherworldly performance. Stay here in Supernature and explore the enchanted rainforest as it sings a symphony just for you. 

Since 2014 Sacred Resonance and guest artists have been offering public art installations, merging science and spirituality to raise and expand consciousness. Our focus has been on innovative and interactive artistic collaborations exploring the human-technology-consciousness interface. Free drink on entry inc. in tix price.

"It is fact: man can and does communicate with plant life. Plants are living objects, sensitive, rooted in space. They may be blind, deaf, and dumb in the human sense, but there is no doubt in my mind that they are extremely sensitive instruments for measuring man’s emotions. They radiate energy forces that are beneficial to man. One can feel those forms! They feed into one’s own force field, which in turn feeds energy back to the plant." - Marcel Vogel.

Reviews of Fringe Events:

★★★★★ “Highly Recommended” Planet Sounds.

★★★★★ "Highly recommended" Reviewed by: Planet Sounds 2021
 

2020: ICOSA 20: FRINGE AWARD WINNER – John Chataway Innovation Award, Weekly Fringe Award

The lush rainforest inside The Bicentennial Conservatory, Adelaide Botanic Garden.

REWARDS:

With your support this project will flourish. There is a lush selection of rewards available for your pledge; something for everyone (even if you are an international supporter);

In 2022 we have a host of new rewards including Early Bird tix, 2 for 1 tix, VIP tix, Plant Music Devices, botanical art, gift packs and more...

• Early Bird Discounted Tix & Specials:
  • Celestial Gardens VIP opening evet (complimentary drink inc)
  • 2 for 1 tickets to Celestial Gardens at the BiCon
  • Late Night Celestial Garden Sound Bath in the BiCon !
  • 2 for 1 tickets to AD Astra: To the Stars - Full Dome Sound Bath, Adl Planetarium

• 6x Plant Music Devices with customised Ipad 4 or iPhone 6s

• Sacred Resonance Music download packs - 9 albums

• Sponsorship packages

• Gift packs

• In Search of the Divine original art specials unlocked when we reach each project target!

 Plant music utilising electronic instruments to translate plant biodata into music.

TIMES/DATES:

Celestial Gardens: The Secret Sounds of Plants

VIP Night: Feb 18: 7:30–10:00pm at Bicentennial Conservatory.

Evening Performances/Installation: FEB 18-20, 23-27, at Bicentennial Conservatory.

6:30 pm and 8:45pm - 90min sessions. 

OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE BICON:

Late Night Celestial Garden Sound Bath

Bicentennial Conservatory: 60min (11pm - 12am) 

Fri, Feb 25th and Sat, Feb 26th Only

An extraordinary Celestial Garden late-night experience. Join us for a Sound Bath by Sacred Resonance where nature springs to life within the lush rainforest sanctuary. Immerse, unwind and be one with nature. Incorporating the live sounds created by plants - a relaxing and transformative musical performance. Always “Unforgettable” Audience Comment.

Join us in the largest single span glass conservatory in the Southern Hemisphere !  

★★★★★ "Highly recommended" Reviewed by: Planet Sounds 2021

GUEST ARTISTS:

Step into ‘Otanical VR’ by Felicity Arts and discover another world. Immersive 360-degree virtual-reality. (ADL)

Find plant art & sculpture by Jessica Curtis of, In Search of the Divine. (ADL)

Lit up in a shimmering haze through the treetops, the coloured lighting reveals the wonders of the celestial gardens.

by Paul Owen (MELB)

Botanical Bar with selection of drinks including a "special non-alcoholic botanical spritzer made from herbs in local garden"

THE TEAM:

Bradley Pitt – Executive Curator/ Creative Director / Concept (ADL)
Darren Curtis – Executive Curator / Creative Director / Sound Tech (BA Hons. MUS.St.) (ADL)
Jessica McPhee -  Curator / Director / Artist (BA Vis. Comm.) (ADL)
Dr. Kenneth Scott – Video Artist, Ecology (BSc. (Hons); PhD) (ADL)

Daniel Mitcalfe - Artist Support 

Paul Owen - Lighting Designer / Sculpture Artist (not in photo as yet)

Join us in 2022... for these and other exciting projects...

OVERVIEW OF BASIC COSTS:

This event is hosted lots of love with many hours of inkind development, in return we need to cover some basic costs in pre-development to get the show ready for Adelaide Fringe 2022.

Through the rewards you pledge on we are giving product for your support ! 

In-return for your support, we will fund the start up basic costs which are:

$2200- Plant Music Devices (bulid and development)

$1800- Ipad/Iphones

$800 - Marketing / Advertising  

$300 Opening Night Costs 

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$5100

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If we go above and beyond we can cover Visual Art for In Search of the Divine & or other costs needed to run this event. 

$2500 - Visual Art Canvas and Paints

$1000- Art Display's

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$3500

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Please note posible takes 5% + credit card fees of 1.2%.