My name is Dickon Stone. I am a British artist based in Berlin.

Whilst using moths to sequence beats in the early stages of another project (http://www.bugboxdrummachine.com), I found myself so inspired by the process of working in collaboration with insects that I decided it might be fascinating to enlist their involvement in the making of a melodic element to stand alongside the moth-led rhythms.

This blog recounts the journey I undertook in attempting to do so. From teaming up with the Berlin Summt biodiversity initiative and a portion of Berlin's bee keeping community, to learning to keep bees myself and customising a traditional Indian sitar to accommodate them and take recordings.

Wednesday 30 November 2011

A LITTLE JOHN CAGE...

"My discipline was that of the I Ching; shifting my responsibility from making choices to asking questions..." - John Cage
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STOP-FRAME ANIMATING THE INTRO TO MY FUND RAISING PAGE

Thanks to Phil Higson for his patience in helping me get this done.

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Monday 28 November 2011

BRIAN ENO: COMPOSERS AS GARDENERS

"My topic is the shift from 'architect' to 'gardener', where 'architect' stands for 'someone who carries a full picture of the work before it is made', to 'gardener' standing for 'someone who plants seeds and waits to see exactly what will come up" - Brian Eno

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Thursday 17 November 2011

REMOVING BEES FROM A CHIMNEY

This was fun.

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BEES IN A SITAR ON BERLIN SUMMT SITE

You can check the full article HERE

(Somehow they gave me a lisp... Weird!)



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I REALLY AM SCARED OF BEES


(Taken from footage Summer 2011)

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