A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean • A symphony without director • Orca-sonic Architecture • The myth-story of Water-Earth • Is an invention of the pod • In the mo(ve)ment of the ocean

Interspecies was a nonprofit organization active from 1979 - 2014, founded by writer and composer Jim Nollman. Interspecies work focused on developing wilderness programs for working artists to co-create an aesthetic based on communicating directly with animals and habitat.

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Artist Jim Nollman playing the waterphone with an orca pod, 1978.

Writings

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The Interspecies Communication newsletter was published quarterly for over 25 years. Many articles were later edited and published as books, including The Man Who Talked to Whales, Spiritual Ecology, Why We Garden, and The Beluga Cafe, among others. Other articles about the development of a true interspecies music have appeared in numerous published anthologies and publications internationally.

Interspecies MusicHuman/Dolphin Foundation Press ReleaseIC Newsletter #1LA TimesLA TimesGuitar Player magazine

Essay originally printed in the CoEvolution Quarterly, 1978.

Music

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Interspecies musical output includes techno, field recordings with turkeys, wolves, and tropical birds, underwater music, old time mandolin, and songs.

Recordings have been issued with various labels around the world including Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (Playing Music with Animals), Other Minds (Music for Swimming and Flying), and Rural Situationism (Oropendola), among others.

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Selected master tapes, 1978 - 1985.

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The goal of Interspecies as a non-profit organization focused on developing wilderness programs for working artists to co-create an aesthetic based on communicating and collaborating with animals, habitat, and the natural world.

While Interspecies is no longer active, this pioneering interactive approach to the arts is now abundant. Please consider supporting some of the organizations continuing this important work.

This website serves as a legacy of what once was a vibrant community of artists, scientists, and activits. The interspecies.com archive is proudly brought to you by Nonhuman Teachers with the generous support of Rhizome.

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