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This semester was based on using music to create pieces of art then translating that later to designing buildings. Architecture - like music - has the capacity to speak to us in a non-linguistic way. With out first prompt, we were to choose one song from a provided playlist and create twodimensional compositions that best represents the quality of the song. The song I picked was Superstar by Lauryn Hill. When studying this song I felt structure in the backtrack but flow in the way she sung. I used the feeling of warmth that the song made me feel and formed my color palette around this feeling. We then had to compare another one of our artists’ song to our selected song and compare the two and create a piece representing that song

I created this piece by tapping my finger to the beat of the entire song. I wanted to really emphasize the heaviness and structure that held the song together

This piece represents the heavy, yet organic structure of the bass and how it ties in with the colorful and melodic feelings heard in her voice

Representation of Lauryn’s voice expelling out of the heavy structure while maintaining a constant steady spiraling flow

A showcase of the melodic talent the Lauryn has and the variety of different tones heard in her voice.

I created this painting showcasing all of the parts of the song blending into one another and working together to create one composition

“Gotta Find Peace of Mind” in comparison to “Superstar” has similar qualities of structure and blending but was a lot more peaceful which in turn called for a calming color pallet

From here, we were to transform our two-dimensional pieces and create three-dimensional abstract structures that best represent the song. In this process, I was inspired mostly by three of my painted pieces. I took my concepts of blending, structure, and warmth and created multiple study models.