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A.I. EXPERIMENTS

In December 2023, I began experimenting with A.I. text-to-image generation, primarily using DALL-E, as a way to explore the physical manifestation of sTAR-baby. This process became an existential inquiry into form, identity, and the possibilities of an imagined future. Through an ongoing dialogue with A.I., I’ve been probing questions like: What does the future look like? Who inhabits it? And how do we envision liberation within it? These experiments have become a collaborative exploration, blending my artistic vision with the unpredictable creativity of machine learning to imagine new worlds and the beings who might thrive within them.



PERFORMANCE
WALL STREET WHERE THE CA$H AT?JULY 2024, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYNWALL STREET
Public performance art intervention 
Duration: appx 1 hour



UNDERGROUNDXPERIMENS#0APRIL 8TH 2024, BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN
RUN TIME: APPX: 1.5 HRS
“UNDERGROUNDXPERIMENTS#0“ an iteration of the work in process  "sTARBABY: The Fountain of Youth", is an immersive performance art installation involving sculpture, live performance,csound, video, and A.I. about the commodification of blackness. 
*I've been thinking a lot about the black body as a mining site but simultaneously the miner at another mining site being exploited. “sTARBABY: The Fountain of Youth” is a post-disciplinary art installation combining new media, sculpture, video, and performance exploring he concept of the "tar baby" and drawing inspiration from global Fountain of Youth folklore.
Role: Concept, Installation Design, Sculpture, Performance, Music, Video, 
The video above was played by guests on their phones as they entered the space lead by “tour guides/factory workers” who were facilitating the tour of the sTAR industry facilities.
WHAT$MYWORTH_?2024, BED-STUY, BROOKLYNSUBWAYTIME SQUARE
RUN TIME: APPX: 3 HOURS 
Public performance art intervention















sTAR-baby


BLACK MARKET BLOWOUT!

A 24 HOUR DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE, AUCTION, MARKET, BLOW OUTSALE, GAME SHOW, & LIVE STREAM!

BLACK MARKET BLOWOUT! was a 24-hour performance art piece that explored the commodification of Blackness and the varied fabrications of Black identity within the American framework, revealing how different embodiments of exploitation manifest. These themes were personified by the show’s main characters: The Miner, a child laborer symbolizing hyper physical extraction and exploitation; The Host, a Black person dressed as a white man, representing performative assimilation; The Rapper, embodying cultural commodification; Aunt Jemima, a relic of the past and a manifestation of the role of the black caretaker materialized into food (The literal consumption of “blackness”); and myself, performing as both creator and subject, drawing from my real life.

The performance blended reality and fiction, pulling from national and global contexts while grounding itself in personal narratives. It operated as a blowout sale, game show, live auction, and storefront, critiquing the systems that exploit Black culture and labor to sustain capitalism.

Only 11:10:29 hours were recorded, and the performance concluded after 14 hours, falling short of its intended 24-hour duration. This failure to "last" became an unintended yet profound commentary on sustainability and endurance within systems designed to exploit. This project challenged audiences to confront the fragile and extractive nature of these constructs in an immersive, multi-layered experience.

FULL 11 HOURS BELOW 

*UNFORTUNATELY THE AUDIO IS OUT FOR MOST OF IT

“What’s the price of life?
The price of the ticket?
tick tick BOOM
What’s the lowest price?
How am I supposed to live
when they tryna take my life away?
EVERYTHING’S FOR SALE?
EVERYTHING MUST GO!
BLOW BLOW BLOWOUT!
BIG HUGE SALE!
A SALE OF A LIFETIME”

- ATLAS B COMPLEX



BELOW ARE VIDEOS FROM 
THE REHEARSAL/DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

















































































THE RUNNING PROJECT ARCHIVE 2020-2021