technology and instincts

The work I’ve been doing this semester for my MFA project has continued to dive deeper into the intersections between the moving body and technological landscapes. I took DEMS (Devising Experiential Media Systems) this semester, under the safe and supportive teaching of Alex Oliszewski. This course supported the tech side of my work and I

Year Two

As I wrap up my fourth semester of graduate school, I am sitting at a window seat in the coffee shop near my house, taking a break from grading my student’s final projects and disoriented by the fact that I have completed 2 of the 3 years I will spend in Columbus, Ohio. I have

imagined;environment

For the second half of the semester (Fall, 2021), I worked with a quartet of dancers to build a piece for the 2nd year showing in the program. This showing is an informal space where faculty members from the department come watch where each MFA is in their own process for their thesis. The work

the work of dreams

Just over a year ago, in November 2020, the 8 people in my MFA cohort created a 5 minute dance together for our choreography class, which was our first semester at Ohio State and our first time working together as a group. On November 12, 2021, this same cohort produced a show together, put on

gifts and grants

As we begin to get closer and closer to halfway through the semester, I’m reminded of the unsettledness I carried with me from the summer. Although the start of a new school year and the groundedness of sleeping in my own bed did dilute the original knot in my gut, it also tied new knots

brave & bruised

This project is a synthesis of the class “Theories of the Body” I took during spring semester 2021 with Prof. Norah Zuniga-Shaw at The Ohio State University. In this course, we read the following texts: Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault, Orientalism by Edward Said, Gender Trouble by Judith Butler, How We Became Posthuman by Katherine Hayles, and Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. I didn’t

Experiencing Aurora

My friend and lifelong lighting designer, Meghan Stanford, asked me if I would photograph a projection installation she had made for her graduate studies in the Theatre Department at Ohio State. Her inspiration was the Northern Lights. We met over there one night, I snapped a few documentation photos, and I knew immediately that I

Intermedia Finalized

One of the main lessons I have learned this first semester of graduate school, is that I struggle to appreciate clarity without first making a mess. It is a muddy, dirty, and sometimes grimy journey for me while making work. I am rarely sure about much of anything while beginning new projects, and this semester

Intermedia Reflections

I have begun to think of Intermedia like a collage of a class. We are creating, listening, viewing, writing, responding, acknowledging, building, and sensing. This class has been addressing huge topics, such as authorial control and anti-racism, while also intertwining dance with digital voice. I would have called those two separate classes – yet, here

paint;process;product;park;

For this choreographic project, me and my colleague, John, decided to try creating in a different art medium than we usually do. We both gravitated towards painting and didn’t second-guess it. So off to the store we went, getting large rolls of paper and different palates of paint. During our initial discussions, we landed on