Sysco Productions has debuted a public piano which uses musical input to generate real-time content on an LED screen.
Located at Hogarth Court, London, Sysco Productions installed a public piano that works in coordination with the LED screen above visitors, displaying varying weather and season conditions that change and evolve as the piano is played.
The setup, called Skyframe, changes the intensity of weather, lightning and snow in real time, mirroring the style and speed of a live piano player, no matter their skill. Blizzards of varying intensity, thunderclaps timed with the music played live and intense sunsets cycle through above the players, matching the pace of the music with LED content.
This clever combination brings real-time generative media into the public sphere, claimed to be the first time that a public piano has been used to generate on-screen content.