Variable 4 (Daniel Jones and James Bulley)

Snape Maltings, 22^nd May 2011
Footage: Drew Cox
Editing: Variable 4

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, 22^th September 2011
Photo: Variable 4

Snape Maltings, Suffolk, 22^nd May 2011
Photo: Variable 4

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, 24^th September 2011
Photo: Variable 4

Snape Maltings, Suffolk, 23^rd May 2011
Photo: Louis Mustill

Dungeness, Kent, 28^th May 2010
Photo: Variable 4

Variable 4

http://www.variable4.org.uk

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.

Elizabeth Castle, Jersey
22^nd — 25^th September 2011

Snape Maltings, Suffolk
22^nd — 23^rd May 2011

Dungeness, Kent
28^th — 29^th May 2010

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