Snare Drums Reimagined

(Jonathan Ulman, 2024) In the series “Snare Drums Reimagined,” percussionist Jonathan Ulman uses AI image generation to create snare drums from surprising and improbable materials – bricks, a television set, a quilt, for example. The images exemplify the photorealism of which generative AI is capable, presenting fantastical iterations on the snare drum as a musical