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Art
Circle of Protection White
“Circle of Protection White” is a mural of magickal protection installed for The Avenue Project in Providence, Rhode Island. The work was inspired by the fantasy card game Magic The Gathering, Japanese Enso and The Key of Solomon the King. This mural is the first manifestation of an ongoing unsanctioned partnership with local toy giant […]
Neuromast
In 2013, I co-curated Neuromast: Certain Uncertainty and Contemporary Art at Franklin St. Works in Stamford, Connecticut. The group exhibition explores “emergence,” the theory that says unforeseeable results happen when a system reaches a certain level of complexity. The show’s title is inspired by a very specific emergent phenomenon, “neuromast,” which is the sensory organ […]
Dubious Prey
Dubious Prey is an ongoing research and production project focusing on memetic media and physical and digital meditations of sexuality through photographer Paul Himmel’s “Portrait of a Woman, Botticelli Girl, Fire Island, 1950s.” Manifestations have included wheat-paste projects in Sao Paulo and New York, album releases from Lamin Fofana, and a series of limited edition tank-tops.
St. Google Prayer Candles
St. Google Prayer candles explore the relationship between sacred and digital space and the possibility for practices that bridge these seemingly disparate realms. They debuted at Franklin Street Works Gallery for “House Arrest.” Available for purchase here. Read interviews about this project for Bomb Magazine and Cluster Magazine. Art by Talacha.Net. Copy by Alexis Stephens and […]
Beyond Digital: Morocco
Beyond Digital was an artist project staged in Morocco in the summer of 2011, focusing on how creative adaptations of global digital technologies — such as the use of robotic vocal effect Auto-Tune in Berber folk music — are helping to transform youth culture and suggesting powerful alternatives to Western concepts of digital literacy. I was […]
Hello Raw Tings
Hello Raw Tings, was a pop-up studio held in Kingston, Jamaica, for six weeks in early 2013 in collaboration with film-maker Tony Lowe. We created a number of documentary and commercial video pieces as well as photography work, street art works, and musical collaborations. I created the concept, pre-production, and implementation. Videos in collaboration with […]
High As Hell Off The Contact
High As Hell Off The Contact (RIP 2010-2012), a mix of original graphic design and collage work, is an archive of the liminal space of a life spent on the internet. Initiated as a mood board for ongoing personal projects, High As Hell Off The Contact became a refuge against the grinding reality of a […]