Weather Music

YOSY (POKARI)

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This work is a musical piece in which the impressions we have of the weather are put into sound and how we feel when we listen to it is expressed through sound. There are two types: live performances and video works. Why does the weather move us? Why do people have different impressions and feelings about the same weather? Based on these backgrounds, I wondered how the music would turn out if the relationship between weather and humans were put to sound. In preparation, sonification of the non-sounding weather is based on scientific facts, historical background such as culture and religion, and general impressions held by people today. Based on this, make a sonification of the performer's impression of the weather. For comparison, the date and time, weather and location information, and a profile of the performer are recorded. In a live performance, the weather sound is generated in real time using object detection and weather api. The performer listens to it and expresses what they feel through sound. The video work is a compilation of the performance. The interesting things about this work is that in the live performance, you can enjoy the combination of sounds which is generated by the impression of weather, and the movement of sounds due to unpredictable changes in weather. In the video work, you can compare and enjoy different weather music depending on the weather, season, location, and people. In contrast to other works on the weather, this work has a clear reason and background for dealing with the weather, and the element of weather cannot be replaced. The novelty lies in the method and process of "Weather Music", which consists of the weather that emit sound, the creative sonification of the rest of the weather, and the sounds that express human emotions.

Citation

YOSY (POKARI). 2022. Weather Music. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.ad35848c [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{nime2022_music_9,
 abstract = {This work is a musical piece in which the impressions we have of the weather are put into sound and how we feel when we listen to it is expressed through sound. There are two types: live performances and video works. Why does the weather move us? Why do people have different impressions and feelings about the same weather? Based on these backgrounds, I wondered how the music would turn out if the relationship between weather and humans were put to sound. In preparation, sonification of the non-sounding weather is based on scientific facts, historical background such as culture and religion, and general impressions held by people today. Based on this, make a sonification of the performer's impression of the weather. For comparison, the date and time, weather and location information, and a profile of the performer are recorded. In a live performance, the weather sound is generated in real time using object detection and weather api. The performer listens to it and expresses what they feel through sound. The video work is a compilation of the performance. The interesting things about this work is that in the live performance, you can enjoy the combination of sounds which is generated by the impression of weather, and the movement of sounds due to unpredictable changes in weather. In the video work, you can compare and enjoy different weather music depending on the weather, season, location, and people. In contrast to other works on the weather, this work has a clear reason and background for dealing with the weather, and the element of weather cannot be replaced. The novelty lies in the method and process of "Weather Music", which consists of the weather that emit sound, the creative sonification of the rest of the weather, and the sounds that express human emotions.},
 address = {Auckland, New Zealand},
 articleno = {9},
 author = {YOSY (POKARI)},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.ad35848c},
 editor = {Raul Masu},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {jun},
 title = {Weather Music},
 track = {Music},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428/92fbeb44.ad35848c},
 year = {2022}
}