The Hummmmm | teaser | 2020

21:9 | 9'50" | stereo | color

* headphones required

- “A dialogue between two scientists; the need to wait to obtain conclusive results from experiments and algorithms; the anthropic actions that affect different places of the globe, because everything is interconnected in the biosphere. ”

The hummmmm (2020) is a video based on a supposed sound phenomenon of inexplicable source. The project derives from reports obtained by decades of ordinary people in different parts of the world about the experience of hearing a strange low frequency noise. Independent researchers or enthusiasts began to order and classify these strange events in order to point out the possible sources of such occurrences. According to them, the number of testimonials (about 17 thousand) is too large to be dismissed as individual hysteria or belief in the supernatural.

This project was held remotely during the Pivô - Research residency programme. Focused mainly on studio practice and project follow-ups, the initiative is aimed at creating an environment that values experimentation, where individual research times are respected, and where artists and curators are provided with frequent interchanges.

The Schumann resonances (SR) are a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum. Schumann resonances are global electromagnetic resonances, generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth's surface and the ionosphere.

* To hear the frequencies is recommended the use of headphone (notice: the 7.83 Hz resonance is imperceptible to human ears)

The thehum.info sitemap showing thousands of

people reporting the "worldwide hum".

The media network Al Jazeera meets Glen MacPherson, a Canadian science teacher who is trying to find global evidence that there's something out there called the "worldwide hum”.

Al Jazeera's Daniel Lak reports from Canada's Pacific Coast.

Telefe Neuquén - Noises in the sky

of Neuquén (Argentina)

Since the 1970s, many people in cities across the globe have started hearing a strange hum. Join Linda Geddes from BBC Earth Lab in her hunt for an explanation as she interviews residents of Bristol in the UK who can hear a hum but have no idea where it's coming from.

Residents of a Windsor, Ontario, neighbourhood are on edge because of a mysterious humming noise that hasn't been identified.

The channel Local 4 took a look at the case of the mysterious hum.

why can I hear a humming sound in my head?

I hear a pulsing sound with electricity

I hear a pulsating hum in my head. What could it be?

I hear a slight high pitch frequency noise

I can hear a noise from next door like the sound of a transformer what are they doing?

why do I hear a humming from underground?

I hear humming, modulated buzzing

low-frequency sound in my house

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low resonating sound hum

I live in an idyllic location but am suffering from noise pollution

low-frequency hum in ears

I hear a constant low hum in my house

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constant low hum in my ear

I heard three different sound in my ear non-stop

why can I hear constant buzzing?

while all neighbours on wireless devices hum in my house

5 second intermittent humming vibration in house

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thudding in my ear with headaches

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humming of power lines

atlantic-hum constant

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hear frequencies when trying to sleep.

[...] effects of low resonance noise on health.