Reflection

If I were able to make the paper layers move and create the sound automatically, I would think that the representation captured the audio better. However, to be honest, I would not recognize at all the original drumroll that the representation is intended to embody when it is static (without any manual rotation); and the outcome just looks like some hand-made “garbage” by a pupil in elementary school or even a kid in kindergarten… I find it very hard to translate the intangible media into some tangible representation without the help of some mechanical motion or the similar form (sound) because the audio has temporal change while the static objects don’t.

As to the work itself, the single piece of paper that I used for each layer is too soft as when the two layers were rubbed against each other, it is very easy for the stripes to get entangled and somewhat stuck. I should have worked with more solid materials to create better sound effect and audio representation.