An exploration of what it means to be present online, and how I choose to show up in those spaces.
Depth Study
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A collage contrasting two contemporary artists and how they each explore a subversive creative practice through analog crafts and digital content creation.
Hi, I'm Poison Oak
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Poison Oak is a drag-inflected interpretive persona I created to discuss plants, wildfire, and environmental justice without being dismissed as “woo” or nostalgia. The character aims to reframe eco-monsters as neighbors who can teach us about boundaries, care, and accountability in the Anthropocene.
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Polyglot Open Space Tour: California Coastal Trail at Wavecrest
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This soundmapping project invites listeners and visitors to experience a coastal bluff through the shifting textures of its acoustic life.
Slug Slime
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Reaching Herd Immunity in a Sea of Fake News
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An artistic exploration of the long, entwined histories of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, and their contemporary implications.
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p5.js Blackberry Harvest
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My inner dichotomy between an ecological, land-based lifestyle and my relationship with technology were deeply at play as I ideated and executed this interactive coding project.
Creative Technologies
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Know Your Enemy
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For this text-as-image graphic design assignment, I highlighted anti-authoritarian parallels between 1992 and 2024 by quoting Rage Against the Machine song lyrics.
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UCSC Pivot Party
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Being able to return to what I thought was an abandoned photojournalism degree path with a social justice focus will ensure I thrive in my time at UCSC.