Project

Lullaby For Depressed River Mussels

Country

Poland

An interactive sound installation that invites visitors to attune to the fragile presence of other beings. It centers on the endangered Depressed River Mussel (Pseudanodonta complanata) in Biesbosch National Park, where human activity – through low frequency noise – disrupts the highly sensitive freshwater mussels that are crucial to ecosystem health.

Iza Koczanowska’s installation is a blend of hydrophone recordings, noise pollution, and a sung folk lullaby to create an ASMR-like concert for endangered mussels. Visitors activate sound through shell-like interfaces, exploring non-anthropocentric listening and fragile ecologies in a poetic, speculative environment. The work suggests design as a form of care, resonance, and interspecies dialogue—asking: what might comfort sound like for a being shaped by water and vibration?