PlantWave, the plant music device created by multimedia artist Joe Patitucci, will formally launch its ongoing support of EarthPercent at SXSW 2026.

PlantWave devices, a popular model of plant music technology that generates ambient, electronic sounds, will be attached to plants like wild leeks, black cherry, buckthorn and moss via electrodes.

Studies reveal that we spend roughly 90% of our time indoors, and even when we do venture outside, we often remain tethered to technology, with a speaker in our ear, smartphone in our hand, or both.