Projects
Good Form
A studio curating, programming, and developing civic projects that make your city sing. Current work includes TEL, El Paso Art Cafe, LVT for Cities, and the MMDC Form Book.TEL
TEL is a multimedia platform exploring and broadcasting Jewish histories in cityscapes.Reframing Renewal
A series of essays, in collaboration with photographer, Cameron Blaylock, and lectures reckoning with the legacy effects of urban renewal in small cities of New York’s Hudson River Valley.
Published in ARCHITECT Magazine. Presented at Columbia GSAPP, The Fullerton Center (Newburgh, NY) and elsewhere.
Produced under the Newburgh Packet, a nonprofit cataloging the cultural and historic identity of the Hudson River Valley.
- Renewal's Toll on Newburgh
- In Albany, The Cost of a 'Modern' Plaza
- The Problem with Poughkeepsie
- Renewing Kingston for the Second Time
- Peekskill, A City of Juxtapositions
Contraphonic Sound Series
A project documenting cities through sound — utilizing field recordings, commissioned compositions, and collaborative soundscapes in the search for authentic civic identities. Active in Chicago and Pittsburgh.The Series operated through four distinct approaches:
- A Lot You Got to Holler — field recordings and collected soundscapes displayed on an interactive map of Chicago
- Little Hell — curated compositions by musicians exploring a particular place or moment in Chicago history, released with accompanying photo essays and written reflections
- Tonal Drift — a collaboration with Adham Fisher of 1000 Stations, examining place via cut-up field recordings from Chicago and London
- Fourth River — a Pittsburgh-focused complement to Little Hell
Presented at MAPACA 2013, Pittsburgh. Exhibited at 937 Gallery, Pittsburgh, with Lisa Toboz and contributors.
Press:
"Capturing the sounds of the city" — Chicago Tribune
"Chicago Events Inspire New Musical Project" — WBEZ Chicago
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