sensing + translation — 2025–2026
SubWave
A print and a subway vibration sensor, reading the same infrastructure from two directions.
Hand-pulled linocut relief prints of East River estuary wildlife, paired with audio-reactive TouchDesigner projection triggered by subway vibrations. Zine included. Project statement, zine structure, and color system developed in-house; research drawn from German Expressionist printmaking, slow-craft discourse, and urban ecology. Projected outdoors in DUMBO in May 2026, through NYU's collaboration with the DUMBO Improvement District.
What didn't work — The vibration trigger read subway noise as continuous rather than discrete, so the projection almost never returned to rest. I didn't expect a broken sensor to feel like the truest part of the piece, but it did — nothing about maintaining a system for wildlife around here actually rests either.
archives + reuse — in progress
open-collage
A print archive becomes more useful the moment you let other people take it apart.
A GitHub repository of transparent PNG assets extracted from relief prints, organized around a real curatorial question — browsable by what an image formally does (texture, edge, mark, ground) rather than just what series it came from. The README functions as a public curatorial statement, not a technical manual, and states usage terms up front. An Are.na channel serves as the discovery and presentation layer, connecting the archive to adjacent visual thinking beyond GitHub.
Status — Not yet launched. Still deciding whether to open the archive to outside contributions via pull request or launch it as yours alone. [fill in once decided]
speculative infrastructure — 2025–2026
Authorship in Dissolution
Meaning in generative art doesn't belong to one author. It's distributed across a lifecycle of agents.
A 15-page interactive HTML/PDF zine, plus a working Mary Oliver–style poem generator built from semantic fields, phonetic operators, and a concreteness arc. Argument draws on Nake, LeWitt, Barthes, Chomsky, and Baudrillard.
What didn't work — The generator wrote lines more tender than I expected a machine to manage, and that unsettled me more than the theory did. I'm still not sure what to do with that.
public + context — June 2026
BYOD: Bring Your Own Data
A one-day public event can treat personal data as creative material, if the people sharing it choose what gets shared.
A full-day program at 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn — one panel of 5 speakers, four parallel workshops, one closing talk, 103 attendees. Wrote the winning $5,000 NYTechWeek grant proposal from a16z. Built the event's public site, information architecture, visual identity, and all participant-facing materials independently. Managed speaker outreach, venue logistics, and sponsor communications.
What didn't work — A sponsorship conflict surfaced 48 hours before the event, forcing a late change to branding and framing while keeping the program intact. What I'd change: I'd say, sooner, that the room mattered to me more than the logo did. I didn't trust that as a good enough reason until I had no choice. 9/10 attendee recommend rate.
public + context — Nov 2025–present
Future Legends
A student-run exhibition can carry a real curatorial argument, not just function as a showcase.
A month-long public exhibition at NYU's Clive Davis Gallery, organized around four themes — Excavate, Dream, Remix, Actualize — tracing a progression from historical recovery to speculative futures. Authored the 12-page proposal that originated the exhibition, securing $14,000+ across NYU department funds, SGA, and CMEP. Co-developed the curatorial framework. Supported production of 5 events reaching 547 ticketed attendees and 438 subscribers.
What didn't work — Actualize was the hardest theme to program for. It's easier to ask people to excavate grief than to imagine what comes after it. I'd give that theme more room next time, and more of my own attention.