Assemblage 

Artist Statement: Trying to show that I had a love for gaming and it’s one of the things I and many others resorted to during the pandemic and while it wasn’t the smartest move. It was surely a fun move because I did enjoy playing video games during the beginning of the pandemic last year. I wanted to show that we can appreciate things that were fun but also gave us a lesson and that’s what video games were for me. It taught me not to focus so much on video games and not press the on the button, don’t grab the controller. Stay away from temptations, and deliver me to a better, more healthy habit. I learned to never focus on something that isn’t real and video games for the most part aren’t real. Learn to get up from the chair and do something new. Be something new and better. 

I used wire to get the basic structure of the gaming controller Because I thought it would give the most accurate lines of a gaming controller and I felt it was a good supplement for just using paper itself. However, I did add paper on top of it to give it more of a look and add to some stability. From there it was making sure the paper didn’t overgo its boundary of the gaming controller so it would still look like a gaming controller. From there I used some small water cups for the handles of the controller. I then used more of black paper for the cups to make the whole assemblage controller match. I used nickels for the sticks of the controller and then I used dimes and pennies on different sides for the buttons of the controller. 

I didn’t really have to research or anything like that because I already knew a lot about gaming controllers because I have 6 of them from some different brands. I did practice however with some wire and sculpting it and I just tried different ways of making the wire and making it stable. I did experiments with the sticks and the nickels to see if they would stay and I tried different bases to make sure they would stay. Between my ideas and finished work, it was a lot because I was doubting if I could make the work and make it look somewhat suitable for the class. I was wondering if I should switch it up and try something else and just thoughts like that.