When the weather is bad, going to a museum or a gallery often seems a option. New York-based artists Patrick Gallagher and Chris Klapper’s project Symphony in D Minor is an installation that reverses this reasoning by recreating the visual and audible components of a thunderstorm within the safe environment of a gallery space.

Similar to the Rain Room at the Barbican, visitors get to experience the atmosphere without actually being affected by its unpleasant side effects. The interactive sound and video installation is made up of cylindrical resin sculptures that are hanging 40 feet from the ceiling, displaying raindrops and slow moving clouds. By pushing the sculptures, noise is triggered, the movement starts to accelerate and a torrential storm breaks loose, depicting rain and electrical charges. Thevisitors decide on the intensity of the storm by acting as both conductors and musicians.

A great example of an interactive design piece tapping into the elements, if you happen to be in Philadelphia, make sure you visit the Skybox Gallery, come rain or come shine.