It’s all Tama-GUCCI weaves together cultural memory and digital nostalgia to explore how identity is constructed through systems of care, technology, and resistance. At the center of the composition is a stylized reference to the iconic wicker peacock chair—a symbol deeply associated with the Black Panther Party and its legacy of radical self-determination. Surrounding this are layered motifs pulled from early digital culture, most notably the Tamagotchi, a handheld digital pet that emerged in the 1990s. Designed to simulate companionship and caregiving, the Tamagotchi offers a poignant metaphor: a relationship built on code and interface, standing in for something tactile, reciprocal, and real. In this context, it becomes a symbol of the ways technology has increasingly abstracted our relationships—not only to objects, but to each other.

Through the interplay of laser-cut acrylic, stainless steel hardware, and vivid color, the piece reflects on how Black queer identity is shaped by a collision of personal memory and collective systems. It poses quiet but urgent questions about authenticity, care, and what it means to be “seen” in a world governed by mediation, surveillance, and commodification.