Dungeness, 22 May 2010
Photograph: Variable 4
Photograph: Variable 4
Elizabeth Castle, 22 September 2011
Photograph: Daniel Jones
Photograph: Daniel Jones
Snape Maltings, 28 May 2011
Elizabeth Castle, 24 September 2011
Snape Maltings, 23 May 2011
Photograph: Louis Mustill
Photograph: Louis Mustill
Variable 4
Variable 4 is an 8-speaker outdoor sound installation which translates weather conditions into musical patterns in real time. Using meteorological sensors connected to a custom software environment, the weather itself acts as conductor, navigating through a map of 24 specifically-written movements.
Every aspect of the piece, from broad harmonic progressions down to individual notes and timbres, is influenced by changes in the environment: wind speed, rainfall, solar radiation, humidity, tropospheric variance, temperature, and more.
Locations
- Dungeness, Kent (22 — 23 May 2010)
- Snape Maltings, Suffolk (28 — 29 May 2011)
- Elizabeth Castle, Jersey (22 — 25 September 2011)
- Portland Bill, Dorset (5 — 14 September 2014)