Michael Hearst



Michael Hearst

Quirky author and composer Michael Hearst is the brain behind the Unusual Creatures project: a highly-geeky A/V presentation of some of the most bizarre animals that roam the planet, from the Australian bilby to the deep-sea magnapinna squid, to the microscopic tardigrade. In case learning about hagfish slime isn’t enough to pique one’s interest, Hearst performs songs inspired by the animals on such odd-ball instruments as the theremin and the stylophone.

Talks

Michael Hearst - Celebrating the Bizarre in the Animal World

Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer Michael Hearst says, “If it acts, looks, smells,...