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"Weather Player" is software which automatically downloads the current temperature at a given location and specified intervals, then scales that value to a sine wave pitch played through a set of speakers. The piece is played continuously, gradually changing throughout the day and seasons.
In its ideal installation, the piece would run for a year - a visitor listening for a few minutes could hear very small variations, but returning later they would hold in their memory the previous pitch and be forced to hear harmonies through their mental version of their last visit, rather than an immediate contrast of harmony like in traditional music.
The piece was built using Max/MSP (source code coming soon).