Cycle 2 – I Like My Girls Just Like I Like My Honey
Posted: December 18, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »For Cycle 2, I was more interested in going after my draft score I initially prepared for Cycle 3 rather than Cycle 2, so I followed my instinct and did not go through with my Cycle 2 draft score.
Below was my draft score for Cycle 3, which ended up being Cycle 2:
This was going to be the first time I would independently use OSC so I needed practice and experimentation.
We connected an OSC listener to the patch and this way the swirl had the ability to speak to a phone with OSC and respond to it in real time. I put the phone in my pocket and let the movement of my body affect the phone’s orientation, affecting OSC, affecting the projected live video.
After being introduced to this tool, the external tools I needed to acquire to manifest my ideas into action were completed. My Cycle 1 carried heavy emotions within its world-making. I wanted my Cycle 2 to have a more positive tone. I flipped through the pages of my Color Me Queer coloring book to find something I could respond to. I saw a text in the book that said “Dip me in honey and throw me to the lesbians.” With my newfound liberation and desire to be experimental, I decided to make that prompt happen. I connected one end of a MakeyMakey cable to the conductive drawing on my coloring book in the page with this prompt. I connected the other end of a MakeyMakey cable to a paper I attached to the top of a honey bottle cap. This way it became possible for the honey bottle to open and the button on the coloring book to be pressed at the same time, triggering a video in Isadora. I found a video of honey dripping and layered it on top of the live video with the Swirl effect. I also included a part of the song Honey by Kehlani to the soundscape, which said “I like my girls just like I like my honey, sweet.” After those lyrics, I walked near the honey, grabbed it and tried to pour it in my mouth from the bottle. Because there wasn’t much honey left, it took a long time for it to reach my mouth. After I finally had honey in my mouth, I began moving in the space with my phone controlling the OSC in my pocket. It appeared like I was swirling through honey. I also recorded and used my own voice, making sound effects that went with the swirling actions, while also saying “Where are you?” Finally, I dropped my body on the floor, being thrown to the lesbians as a video of 7 women saying “I am a lesbian” one by one.
Due to the sound design and how I framed the experience, I got feedback that some of the elements I aimed for didn’t land fully. When I explained my intention, there were a-ha moments and great suggestions for Cycle 3. Even though I left Cyle 2 with room for improvement, I became ecstatic about having learned how to use OSC. Following this excitement, I decided to use the concepts I included in my Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 in a new-renewed-combined version in my 2nd year MFA showing before my Cycle 3.