Research, Bio-Instruments & Hardware Index.
An open-access archive to help nature inspired artists build real world scientific knowledge, and deepen the collective narrative around Eco-Art.
Plant electrophysiology papers, open PDFs, and essential reading.
Max for Live (.amxd) patches, bio-coherence DSP, and routing guides.
Open-source modules (BECA, ESP32) and commercial consumer units.
Op-amp layouts, 555 timers, shielding, and electrode protocols.
/FIELD-LITERATURE — Plant Electrophysiology & Science
The core scientific baseline for botanical bio-signals, plant electrophysiology, and non-neural electrical signaling.
Plant Electrophysiology: Theory and Methods
A. Volkov (2006) — Comprehensive textbook on electrophysiological mechanisms, ion channels, and signaling pathways.
Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living
H. Maturana & F. Varela — Foundational cybernetic text defining living systems, self-creation, and biological cognition.
Peer-reviewed papers directly underpinning plant signaling, root acoustic perception, 1/f biomimetic dynamics, and non-linear electrical networks.
Electrical Signals and Their Physiological Significance
J. Fromm & S. Lautner — Action potential dynamics and long-distance electrical communication in higher plants.
Neurobiological View of Plants and Their Body Plan
F. Baluška et al. (2006) — Sensory systems, root apex brain-like activity, and integrated plant behavior.
Tuned In: Plant Roots Use Sound to Locate Water
M. Gagliano et al. — Acoustic sensing in plant root systems and acoustic tropism.
Spatiotemporal Dynamics in the Root Apex
E. Masi et al. (PNAS) — Bio-electric activity, syncytial networks, and electrical wave propagation in maize roots.
Self-Organized Criticality: An Explanation of 1/f Noise
P. Bak, C. Tang, K. Wiesenfeld (1987) — The physics of pink noise, fractal timing, and self-organization in natural systems.
Key contemporary books on mycorrhizal networks, plant intelligence, fungal agency, and indigenous botanical wisdom.
Brilliant Green: Plant Intelligence
S. Mancuso & A. Viola — Exploring plant senses, memory, communication, and decentralized intelligence.
Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard — Mycorrhizal fungal networks, inter-tree communication, and forest ecological dynamics.
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds
Merlin Sheldrake — Fungal intelligence, metabolic networks, and underground ecological webs.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer — Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and reciprocity with the botanical world.
Philosophical and artistic frameworks exploring multi-species acoustics, deep listening practices, and non-human anthropology.
Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice
Pauline Oliveros (2005) — Expanded auditory awareness, acoustic environment interaction, and sonic meditation.
How Forests Think: Beyond the Human
Eduardo Kohn (2013) — Non-human semiotics, living sign systems, and ecological relationality.
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin
Donna J. Haraway — Sympoiesis, multi-species collaboration, and artistic resilience in ecological crisis.
The Great Animal Orchestra
Bernie Krause — Biophony, soundscape ecology, and the natural origins of musical structure.
Living digital archives and specialized research laboratories for ongoing bio-electric and zoomusicological exploration.
/BIO-INSTRUMENTS — Max for Live & Software Hub
Max for Live & Software Hub — Coming Soon
This repository module is currently under development. It will host M4L MIDI devices (.amxd), voltage-to-MIDI CC mappers, bio-rhythmic LFO generators, bio-coherence DSP tuning quantizers, and full software routing guides.
/HARDWARE-DIRECTORY — Devices & Acquisition Guide
Hardware Directory — Coming Soon
This index is currently being compiled. Future updates will include open-source module specs (BECA, ESP32 bio-resistance), commercial consumer device comparisons (PlantWave, Music of the Plants, Playtronica), and probe connectivity guidelines.
/DIY-LAB — Circuits & Schematics Workshop
Circuits & Schematics Workshop — Coming Soon
The laboratory workbench section is preparing for launch. Coming documentation will feature open op-amp schematics, 555 timer bio-impedance sensors, differential instrumentation amplifiers, EMI mitigation protocols, and electrode clip setup guides.