BEYOND US








Beyond Us presents a series of works by Marco Barotti that explore how sound can connect art and science. As coral reefs reach an irreversible global tipping point in October 2025, Barotti’s works call for renewed attention and care toward the ocean. Installed underwater, his sculptures play recordings of healthy reefs, creating acoustic habitats that attract marine life and aid ecosystem recovery. Powered by solar energy, these sculptures are part of his artistic investigation that includes audiovisual works combining underwater imagery, shamanic chants, animations, and electronic soundscapes.

Developed with marine biologists Timothy Lamont and Antonio Beggiato, the project builds directly on research published in Nature Communications (Gordon et al., 2019) demonstrating how “acoustic enrichment” can accelerate reef regeneration. Barotti draws on ancient traditions of singing and listening to nature, merging them with contemporary technologies. Together, these works invite us to perceive sound as both research and ritual: a shared language between human and more-than-human worlds. 

Credits:
Coral Sonic Resilience is a project by Marco Barotti, in cooperation with Science Week, Relaxound, the Coral Restoration Project Feridhoo, The University of Padua and the Feridhoo Island Council

Team
Advice on acoustic ecology and research: Timothy Lamont (Lancaster University)
Research, and project coordination: Antonio Beggiato
Research and data analisis: Federica Moscheo, Carola Chicco
Underwater videos: Marco Barotti, Luca Larson, Antonio Beggiato, Swan Park
Sculpture Design: Studio Marco Barotti
Design coordinator: Andy Fofana
Solar station buoy design: Alles Blinkt
Point clouds animations: overlapping_studio
Curated by: Clara Rodríguez Roca-Sastre and Christian Rauch
Photos: Rebecca Ruetten
Video documentation: Frank Sauer

Featured in the soundscape
Shinto Singing: JyoKan Ono
Mudang: Shaman Eunmi Pang
Horogai (conch shell): Daizaburo Sakamoto

Funded by Relaxound, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt, C-TAKT, Berlin Science Week, 

Technical Partner WASP

Supported by Electro-voice, Ambient Recording, GroupGets, MORE lab Politecnico di Torino

Thanks to the reefs of Feridhoo underwater comunity, Science Week Berlin, Falling Walls, Christian Rauch, Sakae Sadae – Yuta from the Sani Village, Percy García Lozano – Curandero, June Anderegg Barotti, Tanja Minarik, Anna-Lisa Dieter, Carsten Lüter, Robert Richter, St. John's Island National Marine Laboratory, Anna Anderegg, Federico Visi, Toms Korallen.