Interactive Sonification of Weather Data for The Locust Wrath, a Multimedia Dance Performance

• Main Author: Lindborg, PerMagnus
• Other Authors: School of Art, Design and Media
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Performing arts; DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music::Dance; DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music::Compositions; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Arts and humanities; sonification; aesthetic; multimedia; performance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81841; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40394
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To work flexibly with the sound design for The Locust Wrath, a multimedia dance performance on the topic of climate change, we developed a software for interactive sonification of climate data. An open- ended approach to parameter mapping allowed tweaking and improvisation during rehearsals, resulti...