Duet, 2010, 6 minute video

Using a choker made from spiders' silk, I attach my neck to the web of the spider by
a bridge of silk. I sing, and the vibrations are carried along the silk to the spider sitting
in the centre.

I have constructed a machine that picks up the sound of the spider as she plucks the
threads of her web. In this way, we are able to create a duet together.
Here is a short recording of the European garden spider plucking her web:

[ play spider sound ]

Click below to view a two minute clip from the video 'Duet', which documents this performance

[ play clip ]