Whale Echo Dialogues: Simulating Acoustic Encounters Between Whales, Humans, and Machines

Yuchia Kuo; Tak Cheung HUI

doi:10.1145/3773699.3774353

Whale Echo Dialogues: Simulating Acoustic Encounters Between Whales, Humans, and Machines

Yuchia Kuo
, Tak Cheung HUI

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Abstract

This paper presents Whale Echo Dialogues, an interactive installation that stages acoustic encounters between whales, humans, and machines. Merging underwater field recordings with gesture-driven synthesis, artificial intelligence (AI) improvisation, and spatialized visuals, the work constructs a triadic soundscape of synthetic codas, data-driven whale responses, and anthropogenic noise. Drawing on marine bioacoustics and rhythm-based grammars, the system invites participants into an asymmetric sonic ecology, where communication unfolds through mimicry, disruption, and partial control.

Original language	English
Pages	1-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3773699.3774353
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2026
Event	ARTECH 2025 - Braga, Portugal Duration: 26 Nov 2025 → 28 Nov 2025 https://2025.artech-international.org/artech-international/

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Conference	ARTECH 2025
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Braga
Period	26/11/25 → 28/11/25
Internet address	https://2025.artech-international.org/artech-international/

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SDG 14 Life Below Water

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