“Right as Rain” 1.0 at The Power Plant, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2016
Right as Rain, is an audio composition created for “Soundings: Protest|Politics|Dissent” at The Power Plant, Duke University, Durham, NC
Composed to exploit the dynamic layout of the 5.1 Surround Sound speaker system,
Right as Rain begins slowly. Like drizzling rain, it suggests that drop by drop, one decision at a time, a society can reach the inflection point, where its collective democratic values shift, change and erode to the point where the character of that nation is fundamentally changed. Questions are posed about the Constitution, protest, Wall Street, authoritarian leaders, corporate power brokers and fracturing along religious, racial and ethnic lines. The final questions are: Who are they, who is them? Who are we? Are they us, are we them? Who is the other?
Right as Rain 1.0 at The Power Plant, Duke University, “Soundings: Protest | Politics | Dissent”, Durham, NC, 2016
January 10 – February 18, 2017
Credits
Michelle Jaffé
Right as Rain, 2016
Script, Vocalist & Composer, 8:34-minute Audio
5.1 Surround Sound