A Moment of Reflection

Sound is played through the pool of water. Raw recordings of the Kaua’i ‘õ’o, and sounds created by digitally processing its song.

The pool rests on a plinth of ash; a tree that lived for seventy years before falling of its own accord in February 2025.

This final song was recorded during a solitary search for a mate who would never come.

Resonating through the water’s surface, the bird’s song reveals beautiful yet stark designs, serving as a testament to a silenced voice. A species lost to extinction.

Ornithologist H. Douglas Pratt recorded the last-known calls from this bird in Hawaii 1987.



This piece made it’s debut at The Eden Project, Cornwall in in May 2025.