Mood Piano
Commissioned project for ifvaEverywhere 2020.
Early cinema was all “silent films”. Live music accompaniment was adapted to add extra flavors to the films. Will a different story be told if the same images are accompanied by different genres of music? Mood Piano is an enormous hand crank music box with two channels: the treble part which plays light-hearted melodies, and the bass part which plays haunting tunes. Playing music shouldn't be limited to professionals. Made from recycled piano, and with a manually-turnable wooden roller, Moodpiano makes music accessible to everyone.