Updated 03/27/24 at 12:28pm.
~ currently thinking through ~
CMD+JAZMINE [2023 - ongoing]
An outlet to escape the rigid bounds of audio storytelling—firmly embracing rhythmic experimentation, harmony, and deep dynamic range through the lens of a cyborg who desperately wants to be human.
Molten Heart [2021 - ongoing]
A creative and commercial studio focused on the texture of sound.
Layered [2019 - ongoing]
Experiments with collage and digital painting.
Mirrored [2019 - ongoing]
Experiments with technology.
Algorithmic Interventions [2019 - ongoing]
Experiments with algorithms.
U+1F60C [2015 - ongoing]
Experiments in audio.
The Studio Visit [2014 - ongoing]
Experiments in text.
~ in a past life + completed ~
Shadowboxer [2023]
A stage piece six years in the making, SHADOWBOXER tells the story of one’s fall from grace due to an observation that could no longer be ignored.
Transformation Through Repetition [2022]
A performance meditating on the routines and loops that invisibly cement the identity of a brand new place.
naive [2022]
An album dedicated to my grandmother. If you purchased a copy, thank you.
Senior Producer at Transmitter [2019 - 2021]
Producing podcasts with partners such as The New York Times, TED, and Google.
In Search of a Black Utopia [2021]
An editorial collaboration with Adizah Eghan for Vice News Reports.
Alligator Candy [2021]
A six part series exploring how grief rippled through a city and a family.
#000000 {lives:matter;} [2014 - 2020]
Shirt. Raising donations towards the Black Lives Matter movement.
MOLTEN ♡ [2020]
An album dedicated to the last seven years of my life. If you purchased a copy, thank you.
for george, breonna, ahmaud, and christian [2020]
Audio composition. A meditation (and dedication).
Self-Portrait (Face-ID) [2020]
Photo. An intervention with facial recognition software.
Adjustments [2020]
Video. Building a new fit.
Two Cents [2020]
Performance. Exploring the hyper-visibility of invisible labor.
exquisite corpse [2020]
Zine and audio compositions. Exploring audio collage. A collaboration with Ari Mejia, Erisa Apantaku, and Ariana Martinez.
Please Hold [2020]
Audio composition aired on BBC Radio 4’s program, Shortcuts. Trying to find hold music during a Nordstrom phone tree.
Postloudness [2016 - 2020]
Co-founded a network of independent audio shows hosted by people of color, women, and queer identified hosts.
Producer at Gimlet Creative [2018 - 2019]
Producing podcasts with partners such as Nike, Google, and New Balance.
Granny’s Meditations [2019]
Digital ink. Attempting to connect with my grandma’s prayers.
Atlantic [2019]
Audio composition. The stages of a panic attack.
Black Hole [2019]
Audio composition. A relationship unravels.
A Surveillance Meditation [2019]
Short film. How we keep tabs on ourselves and others.
Sounds Like Good Design [2019]
A story about what bad audio design does to our brains and how to make it better for Adobe’s Wireframe.
All Rings Considered [2019]
A story about the rise and the fall of the custom ringtone in popular culture for 99% Invisible.
Culottes to Karen O [2019]
A profile of one my personal legends, Costume Designer Christian Joy, for New Balance x Gimlet Creative’s show Dress Codes.
EMDR [2019]
A piece, years in the making, that explores internal anxieties when I have lost control. Curated by Constellations.
Pop Up Magazine (Winter Tour) [2019]
Performing a story about the rise and fall of ringtone culture at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (Los Angeles, CA), Paramount Theatre (Oakland, CA), BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (Brooklyn, NY), Warner Theatre (Washington D.C), Variety Playhouse (Atlanta, GA), and Hogg Auditorium (Austin, TX).
Prototypes [2018]
One-day residency hosted by Sharon Mashihi and myself where we cook you food and provide a space to create.
The story of Chloe Kim [2018]
An audio documentary on the snowboarder Chloe Kim’s rise to superstardom. For Nike’s “The Fenom Effect”.
Nike’s “The Fenom Effect” [2018]
Telling the stories behind the best athletes.
First and Last Days [2018]
California Sunday Magazine. Edited audio for a story on the people arriving and departing SFO airport.
Editor for Red Bull Radio’s True Laurels Radio [2018]
Advising on show structure and vocal coaching.
A Monday morning in a supermarket [2018]
The Outline. A meditation on roaming the aisles in the early hours.
Rap producer tags, ranked [2018]
The Outline. Branding a song in 3 seconds is a subtle art.
My day on an e-scooter turned me into an e-hole [2018]
The Outline. The future may be here, but getting used to it takes some time.
Sex workers protest a post-Backpage world [2018]
The Outline. Enraged by SESTA and FOSTA, sex workers took to the streets on International Whores’ Day.
New York cabbies have a surprisingly wholesome secret: group chats [2018]
The Outline. How NYC cabbies span the distance using WhatsApp, conference calls, and way too many emojis.
Asylum seekers are being sexually assaulted in U.S. detention [2018]
The Outline. Instead of protecting their detainees, immigration authorities are taking advantage of them.
Audio Director at The Outline [2018]
Producing daily and weekly editorial podcasts.
Little Wrist Computer [2017]
The Apple Watch saved my life once. I composed a story about that day.
Ready, Set…Buy Black [2017]
Gimlet Media’s The Nod. What happens when you set a scavenger hunt for only Black owned businesses?
The Paradise Garage [2017]
Gimlet Media’s The Nod. RIP Larry Levan and Reggie “Combat Jack” Ossé.
Whole Hog [2017]
Gimlet Media’s The Nod. A very Black ass story about barbecue.
All Heroes Wear Capes [2017]
Gimlet Media’s The Nod. Exploring the history and cultural reverence of the Durag.
On That Lo Life $hit [2017]
Gimlet Media’s The Nod. A profile on the Lo Lifes, a gang that changed the course of fashion in the late 80s - early 90s.
Producer at Gimlet Media [2017]
Producing The Nod podcast.
Kerry James Marshall On Making A 'Creative Convening' [2017]
MTV News. A profile of Kerry James Marshall and Arthur Jafa.
At Standing Rock [2016]
MTV News. A story featuring reporters from the #NoDAPL protests in North Dakota.
Producer at MTV News x Rookie Mag x Speed Dial [2016 - 2017]
Producing weekly editorial podcasts.
Big, Black, and Beautiful [2016]
A profile on the musician Tunde Olaniran.
Lecturer at School of the Art Institute Chicago [Spring - Winter 2016]
Teaching an arts and journalism graduate course.
Is it a childhood dream or a newfound interest? [2016]
Moving image. Exploring passive information in mundane moments.
we(speak) [2015]
Interactive websites. Built with Javascript and PHP as part of a solo exhibition titled "exceptional/respectable".
we(listen) [2015]
Digital installation. Manipulations as part of a solo exhibition titled "exceptional/respectable".
we(act) [2015]
Digital manipulations and large scale installation. Part of a solo exhibition titled "exceptional/respectable".
Cache My Memory [2014]
Website. Let's you send messages to someone you miss.
How To Make A Hood [2014]
Branding. For an exhibition at the Washington Park Arts Incubator in Chicago, Illinois.
Inflammation [2014]
Moving image. Using my skin as the subject.
How Did You Sleep? [2014]
Durational performance. Collaboration that explores relationships and dependancy.
Snap Judgement [2014]
Performance and archival prints. Uses leaked code from the mobile application, Snapchat.
Recess [2013]
Branding and print materials. For an exhibition at the South Side Community Art Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Hurry Up, Record That Shit [2013]
Moving image. Uses found and original footage of Chicago fights that investigates the internet voyeur.
Instill Fear In Them Every Time They Leave Their Homes [2013]
Moving image with print zine. Exploring my experiences in neighborhoods.
query = chicago + violence [2013]
Moving image. Using the average colors of a Google Image Search of "chicago violence".
850-1900 MHz [2011]
Moving image. Exploring the physical properties of sound between moving objects.
The Beacon of the 'Hood [2011]
Moving image. Explores the interactions of one of the neighborhoods of my childhood.