decoding the human experience
INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKS
From collaborative research to immersive experiences, this selection of projects illustrates the breadth of my ongoing work.
Explore how perception, creativity, and meaning emerge through our encounters with art, space, and sound.
Nudity in art has always sparked debate.
WHEN THE BODY BECOMES THE CULTURAL QUESTION
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770). The Bath of Venus, 1751. Oil on canvas.
Nudity in art invites us to confront not just the body, but ourselves; our comfort, our beliefs, and the values shaping how we see.
Skyspace (EEG) is an interdisciplinary art project that creates music by using real brain data collected inside James Turrell’s Skyspace at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
The music unfolds over eight movements across 33 minutes, with each tone, melody, and harmony reflecting real-time neural activity as people experienced shifts in light, color, and space.
Your Brain as Music
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IMAGINATION AS A WINDOW
INTO THE CREATIVE MIND
What helps ideas take shape: focus or distraction? This textbook chapter explores how attention, emotion, mindfulness, and mind-wandering each contribute to creative thinking in different ways.
A collection of contemporary thinking on the cognitive and emotional foundations of creativity.
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911). Day-Dream (Le rêveur).
Selected Photography
I grew up in a film photography studio, and even as my path led me deeper into art research, I’ve kept photography close as both a creative expression and a way to slow down. Below is a small selection from that ongoing practice.
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