Stream The Weather Channel by Chanan Ben Simon & Inkyoung Bae

The Weather Channel Is a 90’s TV opera in 3 acts in live streaming.

The first act is based on remakes of televised content, elevating Jingles to the level of art music, it suggests a deadly catastrophe that involves the moon is threatening earth. The second act is built in a Cantata structure and takes place in a virtual space, it tells an abstract folktale, taken from the weather channel’s bible. The third act is a duet between artificial intelligence and humanity, and through investigation of the inner psychology of artificial intelligence, it tries to decode something about humanity.

The opera is influenced by the retrofuturism of Vaporwave, Pop culture, and Experimental practices. It combines video art, music, performance, and technology. it is performed by four characters, 2 of them are human, and 2 are virtual. The Weather Channel uses the warmth of analogue comfort to cover up for cringy truths.