Currently: writing about digital trash and cyber gleaning to accompany my web project, Dump Site
Please check out Dump Site (an archive of files from trash folders), Saccade (a corporeal articulation of memory through tattoo and eye-tracking technology), Output Field (the art organization I founded), and NAC Accessibility Audit (an example of my design strategy work in accessibility of digital art).
Below is a selection of my work.
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Dump Site is an archive of files pulled from the trash folder. This virtual landfill is a multimedia mass of files that were recently deleted and almost erased. What we throw away is a candid echo of what we keep close: projects, secrets, gripes, inspirations, loved ones. Dump Site is a public diary, a screenshot confessional. Conjuring memory through the lens of discard, these second-hand files evoke a sentimental gaze toward desktop debris.
02
I’m researching multimedia tools for family archival and memorial. The first part of this research will focus on the structure and software of the file system of a modern family archive. The second part of the research will explore how 3D environments, generative art-making, and physical sculpture can turn a digital family archive into multimodal memorials. During April-May, I will be in Berlin, at ZK/U’s residency program, kicking off my research. I am actively seeking funding for this project
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A 501(c)3 non-profit gathering a list of experimental artists, curators, and spaces. Through amplifying underrepresented voices in the arts, Output Field’s mission is to breach the canon & redistribute clout.
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In collaboration with Casper Go and Sylvia Ke, I use eye-tracking data to generate tattoo designs based on sentimental imagery provided (and looked at) by clients. Playing with the permanence of tattoo and the fleeting nature of memory, I tattoo one’s impression of a photo rather than the photo itself. In this project, rapid eye movements are captured, quantified, massaged through TouchDesigner, and etched into the skin.
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A physical toolkit to help visitors process grief and/or prepare for end of life for themselves or a loved one.
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In partnership with Andy Slater, founder of the Society of Visually Impaired Sound Artists, I led a user-research project to establish both UX/UI and Strategic avenues to make New Art City more accessible. New Art City is an online exhibition platform, and Output Field’s partner.
