Fiskars AiR Custom Gallery

Hello, and welcome to my Fiskars Village AiR Gallery! Below you’ll find my CV. You can click it to view the full content on Issuu. Also below is my project description, and below that are five work samples. Thank you for your time and consideration!

CV and Project Proposal

I have two project  goals for my residency at Fiskars: 1) to immerse myself in as much of the Fiskars Village art and culture as possible, and 2) to allow myself to be inspired by the beauty of the surrounding forest and trails. My project plan is to synthesize these two goals to create a work that is authentic to my creative process, while paying homage to Fiskars Village as a creative and cultural hub. 

My creative process always begins with experience. As an American artist, I haven’t spent much time abroad, so this residency would be a treasured opportunity to take in the unique culture of Fiskars Village. My first step will be to experience everything I can, from museums to hiking trails and beaches. This will lead into the ideation process where I write poetry, take pictures, and sketch anything and everything that piques my interest. From there, I will take the I’ve created and work them into a cohesive musical work. I intend to create a multi-movement chamber piece, but I find it crucial to remain flexible and let the experience guide my creative output.

Bird: An Interactive Documentary About Mass Incarceration

Below you’ll find a handful of materials from Bird, an interactive documentary with original 3D visuals and choral soundtrack. The 3D level design, lighting, and mechanics are my own, and the 2D projected animations and 3D models were created by collaborators. There is a video link to an excerpt of gameplay, the music score for the soundtrack which consists of over thirty minutes of music, and a few audio samples of the music, recorded by Grammy-winning choir, The Crossing.

Movement, Sound, And Color

Movement, Sound, and Color is an interactive audiovisual project I designed using the Unity game engine. It includes various forms of input that influences particle effects.

Concert Music Works

Below are videos of three performances of my concert music works: Stained Glass Window, for large orchestra, …you, are a Photon, for chamber trio, and On A Glacial Lake, for vocal trio.