TALKING TO PLANTS, 2018-Present

Sound art installation with Amber and other composers, sound and interdisciplinary artists. Inspired by knowledge of how Ojibwe people talk to plants for medicine as well as by John Cage's works of chance operations and indeterminacy. Each sound piece, lathe cut onto vinyl, responds to two questions: what is the idea of a plant, and how would you talk to it? Two records at a time are played on twin turntables with automatic replay-both running at the same speed. Made with two Pioneer PL-7 turntables, two separate stereo speaker systems with amplifiers, two unique vinyl records, and one platform lightbox. This piece is currently expanding to consist of over 100 LP's with six collaborations currently created:

Collaborations Current as of 2024:

Talking to Plants No.7 | Demian Dine'Yazhi' (Dine') + Amber Stucke

Talking to Plants No.3 | Kate Lee Short + Amber Stucke

Talking to Plants No.9 | Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Mvskoke) + Amber Stucke

Talking to Plants No.1 | Dahn Gim + Amber Stucke

Talking to Plants No.11 | Anna Homler + Amber Stucke

Talking to Plants No.13 | Citlali Arvizu (Gabrielino/Tongva, Diegueno/Kumeyaay, Nahua) + Amber Stucke (to be released on Saturday 11.2.2024 @ UCLA-CNSI for PST-2024)

TALKING TO PLANTS No.7: Amber Stucke + Demian Dine'Yazhi' (Dine') | Made in 2018, each record has one 12:45min sound piece by Demian Dine'Yazhi', and on the other side has a 7:38min sound piece by Amber Stucke.

TALKING TO PLANTS No.3: Amber Stucke + Kate Lee Short | Made in 2019, each record has one 11:00min sound piece by Kate Lee Short, and on the other side has a 13:55min sound piece by Amber Stucke.

TALKING TO PLANTS No.9 | Elisa Harkins (Cherokee/Mvskoke) + Amber Stucke. Made in 2020, each record has one 14:44min sound piece by Harkins, and on the other side has a 7:57min sound piece by Stucke.

TALKING TO PLANTS No.1 | Dahn Gim + Amber Stucke. Made in 2021, each record has a separate synchronized11:11min sound piece by both Gim and Stucke.

TALKING TO PLANTS No.11 | Anna Homler + Amber Stucke. Made in 2023, each record has one 5:06min sound piece by Homler, and on the other side has a 7:04min sound piece by Stucke.