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Iris Voss
Andrew Melchior
Field Recordings
Frank Lambert, Lars Lachmann, Peter Stronach, David Darrell-Lambert, Romuald Mikusek, Tero Linjama, Lars Edenius, Michel Veldt, Livon, Niclas Backstrom, João Tomás, Aku Kalliomäki, Uku Paal, Timo Janhonen.
Selected bird calls used in this installation were sourced from open conservation archives and open-access community database of shared bird sound recordings. We are grateful to the many contributors who have made these recordings publicly available for artistic, scientific, and educational use under Creative Commons licenses.
Individual recordists are also credited on the Xeno-canto website for each call. We acknowledge and thank them for their generosity and dedication to sonic biodiversity.
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