The d.Tree Studio project examines the socio-cultural and political history of Detroit through
time, in place, and connects the voices of the African-American experience throughout the
diaspora using storytelling and inquiry.
Man lives in an uneasy ocean of air continually agitated by the dis- turbances called sound waves
The purpose of this project is about giving a voice. The wood is still able to give voice. It is a vessel for others to have their voices heard. Over the centuries, Western culture has attempted to classify noise, music, and everyday sounds. Philosophers, authors, scholars, and musicians have worked to abstract and assess sounds on a scale of purity, musicality, and intelligibility. Ordinary noises and mundane sounds that are not perceived as a deer annoying or musical are of no interest. Listening to other cultures will, however, reveal that the term “noise” does not automatically involve disturbance and that the term “music” does not possess a single universal meaning, nor does it necessarily refer to a common perception of the way sounds are composed. The record player is the modern day Jimbe it carries the