In SONGBIRD artists Michelle and Uri Kranot have created a painted replica of the lush cloud forest of Kauai, filled with animated, colorful birds. Here, the audience is invited to search for the last known ʻōʻō, an iconic black bird with yellow leg feathers and a beautiful song, a bird whose existence has been threatened to the point of extinction. Songbird has been created with a fully spatialized soundscape of recordings of extinct birds – sonic fossils –.

The project was developed in collaboration with The Guardian Virtual Reality, supported by VIVE and produced in collaboration with Carte Blanche and The Animation Workshop.