What sounds like clocks, chimes, and bells fills the Project Room at Locust Projects but there’s so much more than meets the eye and the ear in Alba Triana’s site-specific installation.
Locusts are a type of grasshopper that can change their behavior and physical appearance in response to certain conditions. While grasshoppers typically behave as solitary insects, locusts can form ...
Locusts can be found in three colors: Green ... and a so-called ‘tympanum’ – two plates on either side of their abdomen – which detect vibrations from the sound. Grasshoppers can leap prodigious ...