In “DoubleSpeeches, Are we governed by microbes?” I explored the relationship between the dermal microbiota and their human hosts' personalities by combining Big Five Personality Test scores with microbiota culture photographs collected at various time points. These images are featured in the video and the soundtrack, which has been created by sonifying these photographs. 

Different human personalities exhibit different microbiota culture colors and sounds. Humans and their microbiota share the same personalities, except for Conscientiousness. My aim is to make the public engage with their dual existence, human and nonhuman: their holobiontic agency.

supervision: Adam Zaretsky