“Cerknica (Part III, audio)” was recorded in Križna cave in Slovenia. The audio recording documents a performative interaction modifying the sounds of water drops with a found piece of metal and natural objects, contact microphones, feedback and distortion. The water drops fall from the cave’s ceiling, originating from ground water seepage through the limestone bedrock above. Above ground, Lake Cerknica appears and disappears seasonally, flowing through the porous limestone which forms the entire Karst region in Slovenia and providing water to an underground network of caves and waterways.
In contrast to the other sites in this project (a receding glacier and the dead sea), this lake disappears and returns through natural, seasonal cycles. The water feeds the caves which support unique and fragile ecosystems with micro climates.