Creative Technology
I use emerging technology as a storytelling tool, not a gimmick. Whether it's AR, projection, or interactive archives, I guide the integration of tech that enhances emotion, deepens learning, and invites participation. I balance front-end wonder with back-end logistics—testing tools, managing vendors, and ensuring the tech is both impactful and seamless.
Summary
The Hip Hop 50 Summit was the culminating event of a year-long national campaign celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop, led by Queens Public Library in partnership with cultural institutions across the country. I coordinated dozens of immersive experiences at libraries nationwide and designed the final summit’s interactive activations to honor the genre’s past, present, and future.
My Role:
Creative Technologist
Celebrating Legacy with Technology: Designing a Living Archive for Hip Hop Culture
Project Overview
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Supported the design and execution of 100+ hip hop-centered events across libraries and universities nationwide.
Coordinated logistics, funding disbursement, and program planning for regional activations throughout the year.
Helped local organizers integrate storytelling, education, and interactivity into their own versions of celebration.
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Transformed a classroom into a 360-degree immersive screening room, looping curated clips from hip hop documentaries all day.
Surrounded attendees with the sound and story of hip hop history, creating a deeply emotional and educational media space.
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Bridged analog crate-digging with digital discovery through the concepting and design of multiple web-based digital archives.
Created an interactive projection experience where guests used iPads to scroll through and explore curated digital archives from across the internet.
Designed a system that blended projection mapping and open-source content into a browsable exhibit for hands-on exploration.
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Developed AR activations that featured the history of hip hop technologies, interactive tributes to legends, and dynamic storytelling overlays.
Leveraged augmented reality to layer historical context into physical space, using phones and tablets to bring the story alive. Developed by Trace.
Created emotionally resonant moments of education and homage.
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Built a digital installation that let attendees insert themselves onto the covers of iconic hip hop magazines.
Combined photography, projection, and digital design to give people a shareable moment that placed them inside the legacy.
Big Wins
Coordinated 100+ national events and the digital archiving of their experiences leading up to the final summit
Digitally archived 200+ artifacts via a community-led preservation station
Seamlessly integrated AR, projection, and interactive digital tools into a cultural institution’s event model
Positioned the summit as a blueprint for how tech can honor grassroots cultural heritage in public spaces
