DECEMBER 2021
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• Two of my VR kitty designs are now giant vinyl murals at Broadridge condos in Philadelphia.
• Thanks to CODAworx and RAL for the opportunity!
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• Thanks to the Cambridge Art Association for interviewing me about FREQUENCIES!
// celebrate
• Absolutely delighted that my FREQUENCIES partner Maria Finkelmeier and I were both included in the Alternative Power 100 Music List, sponsored by Patreon. and shesaid.so.
• Congrats to all nominees and honorees!
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• One of my collages was featured in a recent article for The Rosie Report.
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• Thanks to Studio for interviewing me about my art and design practice.
• The writer (Christina Rouse) asked me some of the best questions ever. :)
NOVEMBER 2021
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• Start your holiday shopping early with but, also’s "Multiples: A Holiday Pop-Up Sale"!
• “Multiples” will be on view and on sale from November 6–December 18, 2021 at but, also’s temporary space at 3015b Georgia Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20001 and online at but-also.com until January 31.
// visit
• FREQUENCIES, my collaborative video mural with Maria Finkelmeier, is live!
• Experience the artwork every night at the Harvard Ed Portal, anytime from 5pm–10pm, November 4 – February 28. The presentation will run on a 20-minute loop and will be viewable from the sidewalk outside, rain or shine.
• PLUS: Join us on Thursday, November 18, for our second Sights + Sounds of Allston-Brighton interactive workshop! It’s free—you just need to register in advance.
• PLUS PLUS: The Allston-Brighton Winter Market is now open! Though it’s virtual this year, many vendors (including myself) are offering local pick-up (which includes free goodies!). :)
OCTOBER 2021
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• I created an alternative music video for “Super Fan (J. Bagist remix)” by Violet Nox (Aumega Project).
• Adapted from original cover art by Jeff Bartell.
// party
• Digital Soup was invited to activate the new Charles River Speedway for the launch of Boston Art Review’s latest issue!
• Check out our plant-tastic installation here.
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• I made the music video for Cold Expectations’ newest single, “In the Padlocked Night,” out on Red on Red Records.
• Check it out in all its light trails glory!
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• I’m performing in Somerville’s standout Porchfest!
• Swing by 337 Summer in Somerville (right outside Davis Square) on Saturday, October 2, from 12–2 pm to see my trippy visuals accompanying The Square Root of Negative Two’s electronic wizardry
SEPTEMBER 2021
// chill
• “Breathing,” my collaborative piece with Maria Finkelmeier, was awarded Best Relaxing Music Video by the High Tatras Film & Video Awards in Slovakia.
• Check it out and get dreamy.
// watch + learn
• My first video as a result of Machine Learning!
• Made musical thanks to Blaik Ripton.
// look
• Self-portrait fun (thanks to Machine Learning)
// watch + listen
• I created the visualizer and cover art for Kadhja Bonet’s new single, “For You.”
• It’s out now on Ninja Tune—give it a gander!
// look + listen
• I created cover art and typography for Doug Bielmeier’s rebranded podcast.
// look + read
• My art is featured as a section break in Alkali Magazine, an independent arts magazine that showcases past and contemporary women artists of all media.
• Check out all the wonderful art, articles, and interviews!
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• “Breathing,” my collaborative music video with Maria Finkelmeier and TIm Hall, was selected for the 2021 Athens Digital Art Festival, in the Musica Pittoresca (“Picturesque Music”) category.
• Check it out, along with lots of other wonderful multidisciplinary entries!
// stroll + shop
• Enjoy live music, local vendors, and circus arts at SomerStreets, an Open Streets event on Highland Ave in Somerville. (Closed to cars—but open to you!)
• I’ll be selling stickers, tote bags, postcards, and buttons. Stop by!
// play
• Join me and musician Maria Finkelmeier for a free interactive session (Tuesday, 9/14, 4:30–5:30 pm) to collect sights and sounds around Allston-Brighton. Registration is free, but you need to sign up here in advance. :)
• We’ll meet at the Harvard Ed Portal and then explore the area together!
// participate
• I’m teaming up with Maria Finkelmeier for 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚀𝚄𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙸𝙴𝚂, a crowdsourced audio/visual mural that features the sounds and sights of Allston-Brighton, straight from the people who live, work, and play in this vibrant Boston neighborhood!
• You can participate by submitting your own sights and sounds of Allston-Brighton, which we’ll remix into groovy music and glitch art.
• Commissioned by the Harvard Ed Portal, it’s supported by a Transformative Public Art grant from the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture. (We’re grateful!)
AUGUST 2021
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• Beat the heat at Mistery Machine, an immersive installation with refreshing mist, psychedelic video art, and live electronic music—now the second half of the Somerville Synth Crawl!
• Local creatives include bent/haus (Ben K. Foley + Allison Tanenhaus), The Square Root of Negative Two
(Robin Amos + Blaik Ripton), and Doug Bielmeier.
• A Keep Cool Somerville Mini Grant Project :)
// shop
• Yard + Art = Yart!
• Alex Kittle (Pan + Scan Illustration) and I are sharing a spot.
• We’ll have prints, stickers, pins, totes, zines, vinyl, and more, right by the sidewalk.
// read
• My big brother rode a Citi Bike cross-country — and wrote a book about it!
• I helped with cover design and swag.
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• Stickerkitty interviewed me about the traveling exhibition SHE SLAPS! Street Art Stickers by Women Artists from Around the World.
• Cat got your eye? All designs available on Etsy.
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• Thanks to CODAmagazine for featuring my Emerson Commencement project in their latest issue: Art & Technology VIII!
JULY 2021
// read + learn
• I’m now curating a comprehensive, up-to-date list of art calls for the Digital Soup Collective!
• Check out the resource and please share it widely. :)
// watch + listen
• I’ll be teaming up with groovy saxophonist Ken Field for a live music + video set at Somerville ArtBeat, 2021.
• Swing by on Saturday, July 10, 9–10 pm. The show will be projected on the big back wall behind the Post Office in Davis Square, and also features music by Violet Nox and visuals by DebStep (half of Property Materials, who were part of GlitchKraft in 2019!).
// watch + listen
• New kitty-fied music video for a collab with composer Jordan Nelson!
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• New super-relaxing music video collab with composer Kevin Fuccillo
JUNE 2021
// visit + watch
• I’m super psyched for my solo exhibition at Fountain Street’s Sidewalk Video Gallery.
• Two mix-and-match pairs of video sequences will be shown: the first from June 6–20, the second from June 20–July 3.
• Stop by SoWa Boston during Pride Month and enjoy the love!
// support
• I contributed promo glitch art to “The Gibraltar Project,” an upcoming documentary exploring Gibraltar’s historic vote to decriminalize abortion.
• Chip into their Indiegogo here!
// watch
• Thanks to the 9th Annual International Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece!
• Two of my music videos—Dustria and Glitchfield—are official selections.
MAY 2021
// visit (eventually!)
• I’ve joined the team of the Digital Soup Collective.
• We’re supported by Boston’s Cultural Equity Incubator program, which includes 2 years of performance, gallery, and meeting space in the Midway Artist Studios. Lots more to come!
// watch + listen
• New album art *and* mini music videos for my latest collaboration with Doug Bielmeier!
• Lots more (21 in total) to come.
// watch + listen
• New music video for a new collab with experimental saxophonist Ken Field!
// shop + talk
• I’m participating in Somerville Open Studios the first weekend in May!
• My booth is entirely virtual. Swing by Booth Central between 12 and 6 pm each day, check out some pictures, and even hop on a live chat. :)
APRIL 2021
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• One of my new glitch art abstractions is playing in “Hochkantfilmfest,” a public art exhibition running on bus shelters in Bremen, Germany!
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• My collaborative video installation with Ben K. Foley was selected for WetDovetail’s Virtual Gallery Open Call 1:4 (sponsored by Arts Council England).
• Check it out in the VR gallery. :)
MARCH 2021
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• My word-art video “Mind Control” was selected by SaveArtSpace for Art on TV 2, a public art exhibition running on television commercial ad space in New York City, curated by Very Ape.
• The video art will run 63 times in Manhattan (Spectrum) and Brooklyn (Time Warner Cable/Verizon) from March 15 to March 21, with an estimated 62,000 views!
• Airings are slated for the following channels: NY1, Oxygen, National Geographic, CNN, BET, VH1, Hallmark, A&E, FXX, MTV2, and BNC.
// watch
• My music video “Dustria” will be projected afternoons and evenings—and viewed directly from the street!—as part of Roman Susan’s “Streetlight” series in Chicago.
• Check it out alongside moving image work by 40 artists through March 28.
// tune in
• I’ll be a guest artist speaker in a livestream panel with the Somerville Media Center and Somerville Arts Council.
• We’ll be discussing my recent participation in the Union Square Video Projection Series.
FEBRUARY 2021
// look + read
• My video piece is part of Body Talk, a collaborative zine about body image and mental health
// watch + listen
• My new video for Belgian-British pop artist MOLI’s dance track “Shapeshifting” is out now!
• Check out this catchy tune, coupled with visuals I describe as “Brigitte Bardot meets Busby Berkeley meets Bridget Riley“ 😎
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• My new video for Cold Expectations debuts on Friday, February 12, 8–9 pm!
• Tune in to catch a bunch of great indie-rock and power-pop bands on new Boston label Red on Red Records
JANUARY 2021
// look + join
• I rebranded UMA (Urban Media Arts), formerly known as MATV (Malden Access Television).
• Anyone can join (for free!), which is pretty dang cool.
// listen
• Album art and promo visuals for David Thorne Scott’s new jazz-Americana album
// look
• New collab with abstract imaginative realism photographer Brian Hallas!
