TRANSMISSION ART ARCHIVE
Lisa Schonberg
At the ant hill. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Sep 14, 2023)
Lisa Schonberg at Wave Farm. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Sep 14, 2023)
Lisa Schonberg with a refuge for ants. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Sep 14, 2023)
Lisa Schonberg with the ants. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Sep 14, 2023)
Schonberg's Refuge System for Ants. Photographed by Lucy Bohnsack. (Sep 14, 2023)
Lisa Schonberg with Leah Bowden and Melanie Medina at A Day of Percussion at the Marimba Tree. Photographed by Alon Koppel Photography. (Jul 22, 2023)
Lisa Schonberg Portrait.
Lisa Schonberg is a composer and percussionist creating sound works based on ecological research. Informed by her background in entomology, Schonberg is interested how listening to cryptic sound can reveal and challenge assumptions about insects and other overlooked soundmakers. She has been collaborating with Brazilian entomologists on ATTA (Amplifying the Tropical Ants), a project investigating ant bioacoustics in the Amazon. Her other recent work includes investigations of old-growth forests in Oregon, endangered Hawaiian Hylaeus bees, mushrooms, and plastics. Schonberg's compositions are performed by percussion ensembles Secret Drum Band, Antenna, & UAU, and presented as solo performance and installation. She is the author of Text Scores for Getting to Know the Invertebrates, The Hylaeus Project, and the The DIY Guide to Drums, and has presented work or performed at FILE Festival (BR), the Pompidou, the Brooklyn Museum, Bosque da Ciencia (BR), the American Museum of Natural History, and Museo Reina Sofia (SP). She has developed her work through residencies at Labverde, the Banff Centre, Pioneerworks, HJ Andrews Experimental Station, and Signal Fire.