My first attempt at experimentation was to take the only elements I had from this recording, the voice lines I had recorded. The idea of using only voice, and the use of voice in general has been something that has always interested me and in this particular example finding a point in which you are able to tell a voice has been used but not be able to determine meaning, in a way subverting the Semantic nature of speech, helps to contribute to the unsettling of normalcy I hope to achieve.
I think all together there is a sense of scale and mystery I am very happy with. There is also a sort of conceptual apt-ness in the use of something human to create a different form of life, and use of speech to create a different form of communication mirrors the nature of the fungus that the Noecelia is, as mushrooms grow from decay and death and are part of a greater cycle and ecosystem.
It was this philosophy that led to a the next stage of experimentation, where I took this piece and used samples of it to then create another piece, continuing this cycle of creation and ideas. Applying the process of the mushrooms to ideas and creation also further leans into the idea of the Noecelia being a semi-divine forest which can give information and is tied to the metaphysical realm of thought