Musical River

In August 2016, I participated in a summer camp called Hack The World held at IAMAS, a well-known media art school in Japan. We went on a field trip to Neo, a remote village by a beautiful river in Gifu Prefecture. There we brainstormed ways to revitalize this aging village with media-art approaches. Our team came up with the idea of letting the beloved river of Neo set the scene for a lantern and musical festival, in the hope that it will attract youngsters back to the village and create opportunities for interaction between Neo's rural community and city dwellers.

Installed in the middle of the water, our sensing device will play a musical note whenever it detects a lantern passing by. As more lanterns float by at different locations, different sounds will be played, creating a symphony, one that is directed by none other than the river itself.

I used Adafruit Waveshield for this application.