Be Your Own Rain God

Yunyu Ong, Emma Smith, Lee McIver, and Maddie Duncan

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

In this immersive installation, participants take on the role of rainmakers, orchestrating their own thunderstorms through two distinctive modes. The first, a free-playing mode, invites individuals to generate their personalized storms by interacting with an electric taiko display. The intensity of their performance directly influences the gathering pace of storm clouds, culminating in the triumphant arrival of rain. The second mode, a precision-playing experience, challenges participants to execute a specific musical phrase, vying for the esteemed title of successor to a retiring rain god.

Citation

Yunyu Ong, Emma Smith, Lee McIver, and Maddie Duncan. 2024. Be Your Own Rain God. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15027160

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2024_installations_5,
 abstract = {In this immersive installation, participants take on the role of rainmakers, orchestrating their own thunderstorms through two distinctive modes. The first, a free-playing mode, invites individuals to generate their personalized storms by interacting with an electric taiko display. The intensity of their performance directly influences the gathering pace of storm clouds, culminating in the triumphant arrival of rain. The second mode, a precision-playing experience, challenges participants to execute a specific musical phrase, vying for the esteemed title of successor to a retiring rain god.},
 address = {Utrecht, Netherlands},
 articleno = {5},
 author = {Yunyu Ong and Emma Smith and Lee McIver and Maddie Duncan},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15027160},
 editor = {Laurel Smith Pardue and Palle Dahlstedt},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {September},
 numpages = {4},
 pages = {17--20},
 presentation-video = {https://vimeo.com/942206916/761cb98da1},
 title = {Be Your Own Rain God},
 track = {Installations},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2024/nime2024_installations_5.pdf},
 year = {2024}
}