“The Leviathan’s Playing” cycle is a multidisciplinary research project interacting with gray whales in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon in the Baja California peninsula (Mexico). The project started with a single premise: to read poetry to the whales. After an encouraging initial response to human lyrical stimulus from these cetaceans, the cycle’s efforts were directed toward developing a mediation system with this species and attempting to understand their behavior during close interactions with humans. This paper discusses the project’s findings from 2017 to 2021.

©2022 ISAST
2022
ISAST

Supplementary data

Appendix 1 - Field Notes and Behavioral Observations

Notes and summary of field observations on gray whales’ behaviors made during “The Leviathan’s Playing” cycle of art-science expeditions, organized by the Stultifera Navis Institutom platform.

- pdf file
Appendix 2 - Searching for Symbolic Ecologies

Notes on the passage of time and the forms of interaction between gray whales and humans, seen from a diachronic and synchronic perspective. The history of its winter sanctuary and narrations of interspecies interactions are reviewed. The search for symbolic ecologies is proposed parting from the field research processes.

- pdf file
Appendix 3 - Notes on Acoustics and Noise

Parting from the proposal of a scheme of acoustic impedance between gray whales and humans in the Baja Lagoons, some theoretical reflections are made on the concepts of communication, mediation, noise and environment.

- pdf file
You do not currently have access to this content.