Song of the Cricket

Song of the Cricket, presented at the Venice Biennale 2025.

A collaboration between Urban Ecology and Design Lab, University of Melbourne, Australia & Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto and Museo Esapolis in Italy.

Directed by Jordan Brown & Maria Bulmaga
Editor, DOP & colour by Jordan Brown
Soundscape & music by Miriama Young

Featuring:
Alex Felson, Fillipo Buzzetti, Marco Baldin, Harrison Baxter, Maria Bulmaga, Gina Dahl

Location:
Valle Oasi Averto and WWF, Esapolis Museo Vivente degli insetti, & Basilica of Saints Maria and Donato, Murano

Author Collaborators:
Alexander J. Felson, Urban Ecology and Design Lab (UEDLAB)
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Filippo Maria Buzzetti, Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto – I.C. Parise di Arzignano
Miriama Young, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne
Theresa Jones, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
Michael-Shawn Fletcher (Wiradjuri) School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Enzo Moretto, Esapolis, Grande Museo Vivente degli Insetti
Monica Lim, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, UoM
Will Carter, (Yiradyuri / Ngunnawal) Director, Indigenous Partnerships, University of Melbourne
Natalie King, Faculty of Fine Arts & Music, University of Melbourne
Alice Kesminas, Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
Jagannath Aryal, Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
Michael Kearney, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne
Ary Hoffmann, School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne


Technical Collaborators:
ARUP Ecological planning and Sound Lab
Ecopolitan Design
Biomatrix Water
Aflex Technology (NZ) Ltd
Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration (CSDILA), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
Alessandro Liuti, PhD, M.Arch, M.B.Eng (Aenima design)
Mattia Mercatali M.Arch, M.B.Eng (Aenima design)
Fab Lab, Machine Workshop and Maker Spaces, Architecture Building and Planning, University of Melbourne
Chris Malcolmson, Reliable Plumbing Services


Additional Team Members:
Vittorio Lovato, UEDLAB, University of Melbourne
Gina Dahl, UEDLAB, University of Melbourne
Harrison Baxter, UEDLAB, University of Melbourne
Sophie Gleeson, Acoustic Consultant, ARUP
Tim Hunt, Lighting Consultant, ARUP
Ross Dennis, Ecologist, ARUP
Sofia Colabella, UEDLAB, University of Melbourne
Maria Bulmaga, UEDLAB, University of Melbourne
Luca Mazzon, DAFNAE, Università Degli Studi di Padova
Axel Hochkirch, Musée National d’histoire naturelle Luxembourg


Organisations:
University of Melbourne
Faculty of Architecture, Building, & Planning
Faculty of Fine Arts & Music
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
School of Biosciences
School of Computing and Information Systems
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto


With special thanks to:
Marco Baldin, World Wildlife Fund, Oasi Valle Averto
Ines Pevere, Parco del Mincio
World Biodiversity Association
Melbourne Biodiversity Institute
Yencken Trust, University of Melbourne
Jan Schapper
Zoom Torino
Parco Natura Viva