tuck's mind

 GENERATIONAL AUDIO this project challenged the artist to discover new forms that interrogate and reveal personal histories within himself. i decided to take a deep dive into the voices of my extended family. i asked them to all send me an audio file of them singing the note "G" until they couldn't anymore. doing this allowed a lot of variability – a very long note from my younger cousin due to his lung capacity, a high note from my sister, and a shaky flat note from my grandpa with parkinsons. after receiving their voices, i threw them into Logic Pro X (a DAW – digital audio workstation), and sampled their voices, layering them on top of each other, and turning it into a song. i learned a lot about the different frequencies that their voices made, as was able to dive pretty deep within Logic Pro's sampling abilities. i was able to turn a simple voice note into a piano, a snare drum, a kick, bass, and other instruments; making a full song. LINK HERE for audio!

 for this project, i was supposed to draw on a series on multiple different objects in unique ways. for my first drawing, i got a plate from the dining hall, and smashed it to pieces. i then painted a wooden panel in the style of a tablecloth, and reassembled the plate on top of it. i superglued the pieces in place, but leaving little spaces between them, showing how broken it was. i then shoved a fork and knife into the board between the middle plate pieces, looking as if the plate broke from brute force of cutting too hard. the symbolism here is around the idea of eating disorders, either eating too much or too little. i wanted to grasp the simplistic aspect of anger at food through an abstract piece. my second drawing was more of an experience. i walked outside, and closed my eyes. i would turn 90 degrees to the right, and i would pick up the first object that i saw when i opened my eyes. i did that a few times, and traced each object on a piece of cardboard, rotating the object...

today i was challenged with the prompt to recreate a classmate's favorite childhood object. my classmate, julia, told me all about her favorite stuffed animal bear, and i had to reconstruct it. i ended up breaking apart a trader joes bag, and cutting it in the shape of a bear. i filled it with bubble wrap, stapled it together, and glued on facial/body features. then, mr. bear was created! this project was quite fun, as i played with materials i see on an every day basis. i spend a lot of time in the digital realm, so it's refreshing to get dirty and do hands-on things :)