Ugly is the New Beautiful

Collaboration Day.

DRWG 120 meets MADT 315.

Werd.

It was a lot of fun.

My group recorded the sounds we could create with drawing materials.

Sharpening a pencil.

Shaking a bag of supplies.

The sound of a rolled pad of paper.

Cutting with scissors.

Drawing with felt and conte.

Sculpture dangling.

Plastic bag crinkling.

More and more and a bit more.

We came up with the idea of making Tetris pieces and playing a giant size game.

Everyone got to draw their style on a set of pieces and then we played.

We didn't have enough time to run through the concept before it was time to perform for the class.

A run through would have made a huge difference.

While the DRWG students made blocks, I made music from our samples.

I wish I could have had more time to lay out the background music for the game.

I was hoping to have a "successful line" sound.

I needed more layers to create the change in sound that would correspond to the layers of blocks.

Ideally I would add a layer for every layer increased.

The last line before you'd lose the game would be crazy deep and busy, super stress sound.

The beginning layers would be pretty chill and inspiring.

A very solid exercise in group activity and brainstorming.

I took a lot from the experience.

The material culture of Coke.

Interesting class today.

Investigating the effects of a soda on the world and culture.

The class had good discussion and thought sharing.

Now to read some papers.