With Arboreal Serenade, Sara Kieffer translates the invisible inner life of the Japanese Pagoda Tree - into sound and moving image, allowing its rhythms to be heard, seen, and felt. A sensor system continuously gathers real-time data - these signals are translated into an ever-evolving composition, with visuals and sounds hand-painted and composed by Kieffer. Deeply connected to the tree’s natural and metaphysical life, her work becomes a living portrait - a dialogue between measurable processes and a deeper, intuitive connection of nature and humanity. Arboreal Serenade invites you to pause, listen, and perceive the quiet, hidden rhythms of nature - the very rhythms that underlie all life.
Sara Kieffer (Kieffer Woodtli) is a Swiss conceptual and installation artist based between Zurich and New York City. In her practice, she explores existence, envisions futures, and seeks to synchronize nature, spaces, and humans to a shared rhythm. Kieffer invites viewers to discover the hidden wonders and secret processes of nature, and opening up space for active, participatory engagement.