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• Nature 453, 594 (29 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453594a; Published online 28 May 2008

• Umbel Ballits: Dylan Martorell

  Craft Victoria, Melbourne Until 28 June

• Graphic designer and musician Dylan Martorell uses plant morphology as a starting point to create sound sculptures. His latest work is now on show in Melbourne, Australia.
• Martorell begins by drawing plant-growth algorithms in pencil or ink on paper. Based on patterns he discerns in botanical structures, he uses a visual notation that enables the diagrams to function as musical scores.
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  Dylan Martorell creates sounds using his algorithms of plant growth as musical scores.

  Moving beyond his precise drawings, Martorell also constructs less ordered three-dimensional sculptures.