Design and Healing

Location: Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City

Role: Artist, Music Director, Audio Designer 

About: Participating in this exhibit was a profound honor on multiple levels. Firstly, as an artist unveiling a generative music piece, meticulously crafted to instill serenity. “The Symphony of Gratitude” serves as a heartfelt tribute to those individuals on the front lines of the Covid response, offering a musical embrace of rest and gratitude. 

Secondly, assuming the role of Music Director provided a unique opportunity for collaboration with the Brooklyn Youth Choir. Together, we orchestrated a live performance that transcended conventional boundaries. Choral members, adorned with EEGs, transmitted real-time data to a generative music engine, creating a harmonious fusion of live singing and ethereal, generative melodies. The synergy between the choir and the innovative music engine transformed the experience into a transcendent celebration fo artistry and technology

Press: “Design and Healing” can’t begin to capture the grieving that must be done over Covid’s enormous losses, nor the reckoning with our public and individual failures that must take place. It does help us appreciate optimism amid hopelessness and celebrate extraordinary accomplishments under duress. The long history of pandemic innovation gives us faith that we can still muddle through the Covid era and emerge a little better than we were going in. - The New York Times

Collaborators: Samuel Stubblefield, The Brooklyn Youth Chorus