Ecoacoustic Exhibition – Sam Erpelding

To the dead poplar // To the old beech tree & Whisperings from uncle butterfly and unheard spells of biãn fú

Ecoacoustic Research & Artworks by Dipl.-Ing. Sam Erpelding

This sound-installation will showcase some results from the artist residency of the Luxembourgish sound engineer and sound artist Sam Erpelding at Casino Display – Forum d’art contemporain, the University of Luxembourg and the C-Lab Taiwan Sound Lab in Taipei. His research is based on his doctoral thesis in the field of Ecoacoustics and Computer Music. It explores the sonic health of protected ecosystems in Austria and in Taiwan.

During his artist residency in Luxembourg, the sound artist worked on a series of immersive sonic artworks based on his research conducted in the Donau-Auen and Kalkalpen National Parks in Austria [to the dead poplar // to the old beech tree]. In the residency in Taipei, he developed new electroacoustic compositions based on his field-trips in the Yangmingshan National Park, the Yuantan Natural Eco-Park in Alishan and Shuangxi Tropical Arboretum near Kaohsiung [Whisperings of uncle butterfly and unheard spells of biãn fú]. These field-trips and artworks were conducted in partnership with the Bat Conservation Society of Taipei, Academica Sinica Taiwan and the National Taiwan University of Arts.

Sam Epelding has been the In-University artist resident in 2025, a program developed by the University of Luxembourg-Espace Cultures in partnership with Casino Display – Forum d’art contemporain, supported by PwC Foundation, under the aegis of Fondation de Luxembourg.

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