The light and sound sculpture, Chirp & Drift is a flock of illuminated instruments that chatter in morse code messages. Gentle tones and harmonies are made by accordion reeds hidden within each ‘bird’. As they move, air is pressed through the reeds, reminding the listener of the delicate and fragile state of the environment and our own health. The installation translates text into morse code via a musical system devised by the artist. The text is customised for each location and previous editions have created music from the names of local birds, to short bird-inspired poems devised on workshops.

A playful probe into questions around interspecies communication, messages being obscured by interference, mis-interpretations and speculations around birds singing purely to enjoy making music.