Birds
An immersive audio-visual experience that transforms field recordings of birdsong into dark, experimental electronic soundscapes. Accompanied by real-time AI-generated visuals, the performance explores the interplay between nature, technology, and human emotion
Lost Communications is an audiovisual performance that transforms birdsong into a dark, experimental electronic soundscape. Created by composer An-Ting and creative technologist Ian Gallagher, the work features their field recordings of birds from the UK, Mongolia, Sichuan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, reimagined as a haunting musical composition. Real-time AI-generated visuals, created using Stable Diffusion, Comfy UI, and Touch Designer, respond dynamically to the music, creating a dialogue between human creativity and machine intelligence.
Drawing from extraordinary journeys, high-altitude explorations to ayahuasca ritual, Lost Communications invites audiences to explore nature's mysteries through immersive technology, acting as a bridge between human creativity and nature's advanced systems. The performance creates visceral, unprecedented sensations—a portal to reimagine humanity's relationship with the natural world.
Field Recordings
The source material draws on field recordings captured across multiple continents — from the Eurasian Wren in the UK, the Willow Tit in Mongolia, to the Black-collared Starling in Hong Kong. These recordings are transformed and reimagined into the sonic landscape of the performance.
Different Formats of Live Performances
The sound and visuals are developed by us from scratch and are able to present them in any way that works for the venues/festivals. For visuals, we can adjust between one or multiple projectors to any kind of screen set up (360 degree, 270 degree, or a simple one-sided projection). For sound, we can do either stereo or spatial/immersive sound.
Performance with 270 degree screen
Performance with 360 degree screen & immersive sound
Album
“An-Ting 安婷 has made a name for herself in the world of ambient, experimental and electronic music this year” Dan Peeke, Top 20 2024 The Most RadicalistThe album Lost Communications 失絡之聲 is available on all streaming platforms. The limited 12” vinyl edition can be purchased on Bandcamp.
1. Blackcap 黑頂林鶯 (UK)2. Willow Tit 褐頭山雀 (Mongolia)
3. Eurasian Wren 鷦鷯 (UK)
4. Chiffchaff 嘰喳柳鶯 (UK)
5. Taiwan Yuhina 冠羽畫眉 (Taiwan)
6. Black-collared Starling 烏領椋鳥 (Hong Kong)
7. Red-whiskered Bulbul 紅耳鵯 (Sichuan)
Past Performances
24/25 Apr, Sharpe Festival (Slovakia) 2025
2025
16 Jul - 6 Sept, exhibition at FILE Festival (Brazil, supported by Cryptic)
15 Jul, live performance at FILE Festival (Brazil, supported by Cryptic)
15 & 16 May, Norwich & Norfolk Festival & Norwich University of Arts (UK)
22 March, Psychic Dance Festival (Derby)
21 March, Electroniq (London)
2024
10 Nov, The Glad Cafe (Glasgow)
7 Nov, 93 Feet East (London)
6 Nov, The Brunswick (Brighton)
31 Oct, Quarry (Liverpool)
30 Oct, Pan–Pan (Birmingham)
27 July, Secret Garden Party
24 July, Colchester Arts Centre
23 July, Fusion Art Space & Oxford Contemporary Music (Oxford)
19 July, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts
18 July, Dublin Castle (London)
21 June, Sheffield Theatres
11 April, Folklore (London)
1 March, Treasure Hill Artist Village (Taipei)
15 February, Witch House (Taipei)
8 December 2023, Videotage (Hong Kong)