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Lovers’ Transport Authority (2025)Citywide installation in Providence, Rhode Island. Interspersed flower bouquets with train tickets leading to an online ‘transportation’ network based on real, local stories of love and loss.
Encountering the LTA
Codified image manipulation of sites
Demo of experience on the Lovers’ Transportation Authority
Internal data collection map of stories during the research process
p5.j(sweater) (2022)
Randomized textile design generator, then made into a heavy-knit sweater.
Randomized textile design generator, then made into a heavy-knit sweater.
Randomized textile pattern generator, made with p5.js
Heavy-knit sweater, design derived from the textile pattern generator
360 view of heavy-knit sweater
Lovers’ Map (2023)
Installation map that triggers an immersive video installation, documenting three arcs of love through collaged images, augmented sound, and poetry.
Installation map that triggers an immersive video installation, documenting three arcs of love through collaged images, augmented sound, and poetry.
Process collage of TouchDesigner, Processing, and GarageBand
Experience for Singapore, Singapore
Experience for San Diego, California
Experience for Toronto, Canada
Posturban Shibuya (2024)
A VR world speculating the return of the Shibuya River in post-urban Tokyo.
Walkthrough of the Posturban Shibuya world. Made with Unity and C++.
Collage of the Posturban Shibuya world during different times of day, illustrating how community gathers.
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