Power Artifact

I knew straight away that the interview I did with my Uncle a few years ago was what I was going to use for my Power Artifact. The problem I had was how was I going to cut 55mins into 1 min 30, I needed to chose which part I was going to use. The interview was about my Uncles time in the 1991 Gulf War and his struggle with Gulf War Syndrome because of the cocktail of drugs he was given. I was going to use this part, but it needed a lot of time as it was quite in-depth, so I chose to edit the part about what he did while he was out there, which I feel wasn’t as powerful as the struggle he’s had with illnesses but is quite powerful in its own right.

It took about 3 hours to listen it and edit the pieces together, I wanted to also add images to the piece but after editing the sound I had a problem with my computer…basically it crashed on me! So I decided to just keep it as an audio piece and to let the audience use the power of their minds to put in their own images which would then make it even more powerful. Also I did want to use You Tube images as they wouldn’t be personal to the audio and as my Uncle didn’t want his identity revealed so I couldn’t use images of him then or now.

In the end I was happy that this was just audio, it is something I’ve never done and after listening to it a few times realized that it was a very powerful piece.

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