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Around one billion years ago, long before land ecosystems were full of trees, scented flowers and Homo sapiens, the very first seaweeds emerged - multi-cellular, branched, and micro; only just visible with the naked eye. 30 million years ago the climate cooled enough for kelps to proliferate in temperate regions. For tens of thousands of years, seaweeds and kelps have been used by First Nations people in lutruwita/Tasmania, a valuable and diverse resource for many different aspects of life. Durvillaea sp. "bull kelp" are one of the largest and toughest kelps around today. They have evolved to rough seas, and attach so strongly with their impressive holdfasts that they can be seen on the shore still holding on to the rock they were growing on. This particular bull kelp was washed up on a beach in takayna/Tarkine, North-West Tasmania.

When fresh out of the water, bull kelp is supple and leathery. It is also many layered, and thick segments can be hollowed out. As it dries, the kelp shrinks, eventually becoming very hard, and no longer flexible. This is what endows it with wonderful acoustic properties.
The music for this track is played on a 5-string violin through the tonewood amp and into the kelp-amplifer.

Music by Emily Sheppard: https://emilycloud.bandcamp.com

Film by Anna Cadden and Wynard High School students Shannon Costa, Logan Butt and Olivia Ford.

Supported by Big hART