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Audio AR is audio that layers and enriches the physical world around you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601585776625-S1R65FMGHV6ARXB9SP3S/IMG_9968.JPG Work When physically enter a yellow geo-location demarcated on the app map your presence will trigger the audio/interview for that location. The interview will play once to the end while you remain in the circle. The geolocations are centred at benches and steps along the pier. Stay present and appreciate the richness of your surroundings, take in the 360° view of sea, land and sky while experiencing the additional layer of audio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601586692971-V3YA972A2AASABF45UF8/IMG_9959.JPG Work - Explore how researchers from various fields working on Bull Island and across the planet use environmental sensors, bioindicators, human senses and phenology (the study of plant and animal life cycles ) in understanding and mitigating the effects of climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/6163364c-0a8b-4c3f-8873-9046c52a8069/%C2%A9Brian+Cregan-16898.jpg Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1598560611732-5XNZJE19I16PDBK1KZI4/Back+2..jpg Work - Download the app from Apple or Google play stores https://apps.apple.com/az/app/sensing-ecologies/id1499777761 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.echoes.anurgentenquiry&hl=en_IE Download the walk & press START. As you walk along the iconic wooden bridge to Bull Island and the pier and enter a yellow circular shape which appears on the app map you will trigger the audio content of that location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/7815aaeb-290f-4f26-856f-904b1fc279be/IMG_9223+%281%29.JPG Work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601587362552-RSBUM6HMRCHE8OM8AYB3/IMG_9998.JPG Work - A series of interviews explore environmental sensing referencing both man made sensors as well as bioindicators which are the plants and animals that act as natural sensors. The geo-located recordings include voice-overs from the past (Darwin), interviews from the present and speculations on the future. The interviews contemplate how this information might help us in understanding the effects of climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601649263216-FFO89HSX6CTL5DKO9GRQ/Screenshot+2020-08-21+at+14.38.24.png Work - Contributors With special thanks to : Patrick Bresnihan | Human Geographer Fionn O’Marcaigh | Evolutionary Ecologist Aoife Delaney | Coastal Ecologist Brendan Sayers | Orchid Specialist Sam Ross | Acoustic Ecologist Aidan O Hanlon | Entomologist Alison Donnelly | Phenologist Charles Darwin | Voice actor David Stone Clowie Russell | Marine Mammal Ecologist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601588325213-8S39MALIVZJHWN4K2F0N/IMG_9996.JPG Work Researchers from various fields of science and geography describe how islands act as natural laboratories. Bull Island with its many microhabitats is the envy of European researchers. Environmental sensors help in understanding the changing world around us and the data these sensors provide are not just an environmental archive but also a social archive. The ‘big data’ revolution provides evidence that climate change is breaking the earth’s beat; and how the original sensor in evolutionary biology and ecology, the human observer, still plays an essential role in validating this data. There is irrefutable evidence that climate change is happening but how do researchers measure and predict this change? Sensing Ecologies invites you to explore some of the tools and methods researchers from various fields use to observe biodiversity and habitats and explore how human activity is intentionally and unintentionally transforming our planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1601588651722-8QKUXDJH2HNJZO5GLNT9/BackSquarepostcard1.jpg Work Sensing Ecologies was created by artist Fiona Mc Donald as part of http://anurgentenquiry.ie/ residency commission for Bull Island 2019. An Urgent Enquiry is funded under the Arts Council’s Invitation to Collaboration Scheme, 2018 and 2019, Dublin City Council, Wexford County Council and Fingal County Council. Thanks to National Parks & Wildlife Services (NPWS), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), The Irish Whale & Dolphin Group, CONNECT at TCD, The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, The National Museum of Ireland, The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and voice actor David Stone for their contributions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/e94a89df-ed23-4715-b954-4d3432cc0250/%C2%A9Brian+Cregan-16693.jpg Work - Make it stand out Eco Hydrologist Shane Regan NPWS photo by Brian Crieghton The Artist engaged with Aoife Delaney, Coastal Ecologist and Eco Hydrologist Shane Regan from National Parks and Wildlife Service on a number of site visits to the Island’s Alder Marsh. In September 2019, Fiona along with Shane Regan reinstated hydrology monitoring devices on Bull Island used to measure the water table. Data collected from the sensor is important for the conservation of these rare and important ecosystems. 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Custom designed hardware & software, raspberry pi, laser cut perspex, vacuum silver mirror coated perspex, 3D printed steel, powder coated aluminium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1448192239502-7FOMBL0BURFV64GA0DCH/IMG_8148BW.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1541679584814-614HCVVKZU17YAG0O9R3/Gateways_FionaMcDonald.jpg Work - Gateways|FionaMcDonald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5647ad1be4b04fa71c767540/1585566552323-G5ZJRM3HKB9285QPISX0/app+icon+yellow.blk.jpg Work - Sensing Ecologies App LOGO Sensing Ecologies is an immersive geo-located audio tour created for Bull Island, Dublin. Through a series of interviews and soundscapes, it explores environmental sensors, bio-indicators (plants and animals which act as sensors) and how this information might help in understanding or mitigating the effects of climate change. It examines how our environment is converging with technology, and how human anthropogenic activity is intentionally and unintentionally transforming our planet. Sensing Ecologies includes the sonification of data collected from hydrology sensors on Bull Island and porpoise monitoring data from Dublin Bay. Recorded interviews with researchers from various fields, including botanists, zoologists, a hydrologist, an acoustic ecologist and a human geographer lead you through some of the geo-located soundscapes. 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