Weather Conscious
photo: Frank Kamstra @ De Perifeer
ABOUT
Weather Conscious is a nomadic performance that invites the audience to tune into the environment. A stereo microphone pair and two light sensors capture the presence of wind, sunlight, and bird vocalizations. This data guides a generative music algorithm loosely inspired by the aeolian harp. The wind excites a set of virtual strings whose overtones are shaped by sunlight. Bird vocalizations are analyzed to establish conflict-avoidant responses: when birds are sensed, the strings are dampened on a spectral level, introducing variation to the music while reducing masking between bioacoustic and synthesized sounds. The textures that emerge unfold as a phenomenological meditation on shared agency with the more-than-human world.
Weather Conscious is a nomadic performance that invites the audience to tune into the environment. A stereo microphone pair and two light sensors capture the presence of wind, sunlight, and bird vocalizations. This data guides a generative music algorithm loosely inspired by the aeolian harp. The wind excites a set of virtual strings whose overtones are shaped by sunlight. Bird vocalizations are analyzed to establish conflict-avoidant responses: when birds are sensed, the strings are dampened on a spectral level, introducing variation to the music while reducing masking between bioacoustic and synthesized sounds. The textures that emerge unfold as a phenomenological meditation on shared agency with the more-than-human world.
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
NOPA, Botanical Garden, Yerevan, 2025
Pian dei Giullari, Florence, 2025
De Perifeer, Deventer, 2025
NOPA, Botanical Garden, Yerevan, 2025
Pian dei Giullari, Florence, 2025
De Perifeer, Deventer, 2025
video: Harco Rutgers @ De Perifeer
photo: Alisa Martynova @ Pian dei Giullari
photo: Michael Akstaller @ NOPA
