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Laura Selby
Laura Selby is a sound artist and violinist based in London, and a graduate of the Royal College of Art. Her creative and research practice centers on sonic contamination and the biological networks—both internal and external—that shape our ways of being. Using listening-led methods, Laura creates experiences that aim to foster deeper relational understanding and care for more-than-human life.
CONTAMINATION
IS COLLABORATION
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At the core of her work lies the notion that contamination is collaboration. From human communities to moss, mycelium, and the interconnecting micro-worlds, Laura explores how we constantly collaborate, collide, and leave traces—of voice, thought, breath, micro-organism. She asks: How can we become more consciously connected to the non-human and the microbiomes that underpin the ecologies of our world? And: Is it possible to cultivate care and awareness of our mutual contaminations—through the act of listening?
Through her ongoing project Sonic Contamination, Laura investigates the shifting boundaries between species, temporalities, and scales of being. This body of work brings together sound, touch, performance, workshop and story to bridge audiences empathetically to the vibrant microworlds around and within us. Drawing from field recordings of living systems and environments, she invites participants into multisensory encounters that blur the line between art and ecological inquiry.
Laura Selby
Sonic Contamination Workshops
NATURE AS CO - CREATOR
We spoke about whether nature can be a co-creator of art, about mapping sonic contamination, and how listening itself can become a form of ecological resistance. Laura reflects on the need to rethink the human relationship with microbiomes, ecosystems, and the sounds that surround us. She asks: how do we preserve the voices of the future? What might we send into space as a record of life on Earth? And how might art become a tool for radical care and speculative communication across species?
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