The Listening Garden @ The Bloedel Conservatory

Escape the winter with Modern Biology and Friends for three nights in January. We’ll be plugging synthesizers into the weird and wonderful flora of Vancouver’s Bloedel Conservatory and listening to live soundscapes created from their bioelectric fluctuations. Wireless silent-disco style headphones allow us the rare opportunity to wander through the garden by night, spend time with the many resident plants and birds, and reconnect with nature through sound and vibration. Each night features a different guest musician who will be joining me for these live musical improvisations.

Capacity is extremely limited.

Here’s what to expect at this 2 hour experience:

15 minutes: Check in, settle in, get your headphones

90 minutes: A live deep listening musical and experience and Q+A

15 minutes: Check out, return headphones, catch up with friends!

What to bring:

• curiosity! and a sense of adventure
• a blanket or chair to relax on if you like
• water for hydration

About the artist:

Modern Biology has brought 'plant music' to the masses. Originally educated as a biologist, veteran musician Tarun Nayar brings his passion for nature and sound together in an ambient project that is organismic, immediate, uplifting, and deeply contextual. He uses modular synthesis, home built synthesizers and other analog equipment to improvise with the natural vibrations of a certain place and time - via plant bioelectricity, latent electromagnetic radiation, and even the earth’s resonant hum. Trained from childhood in Indian classical music, he uses the system of Indian raga to mold his musical choices for time of day and season. His performances are an effort to bring the listener into the present moment through vibration, space, and connection.

His work has been viewed over 200 million times and amassed him over 1 million followers on social media, has been featured by The Guardian, BBC, Genius, Vice, The Verge, LA Times and Times of India among others, and one of his ambient works opens the new album, Moonchild Era, by Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh. His recent albums have received editorial support on Spotify’s Music for Plants, Deep Listening, and Lava Lamp playlists. Recent performances include the Museum of Contemporary Art (LA), Art Basel (Miami), The Nobel Prize Museum (Stockholm) and the New York Botanical Garden.

Tarun is passionate about protecting wild places and his committed the lion's share of the proceeds of this project to supporting the natural world.

Photography and video recording may take place during this event for documentation and promotional purposes. Attendance implies consent to be included in this content, which may be shared publicly. If you prefer not to appear in any images or footage, please speak with our team when you arrive.

Tickets are non-refundable, but they are transferable using the Eventbrite website.

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