This past June 22nd I was able to perform my newest piece “. says poetic justice” at NYCEMF. This piece incorporates hand pose recognition and a classification model using machine learning. I definitely learned a bit about the need for good lighting in order to pull this off, but I think overall things went smoothly.

Program notes

On January 18, 2023, 17-year-old Kristopher Baca was shot and killed in Palmdale California. He was convicted of a hit-and-run incident in 2021 for running over a teen mother and her baby. The comments section of a local new site, the Antelope Valley Times, lists a string of vitriolic back-and-forth comments by anonymous contributors calling the murder justified, a gift of God to remove this person from the planet, or as poster “.” wrote, “Poetic justice.” Others defend the victim, often with acidic-laden name calling. There are clearly better online spaces for discourse. Yet we have built an Internet that values anonymous free speech over accountability and authenticity. Are unfiltered polarized discussions and discourse (and the cancel culture, bullying, and gaslighting) what we want as the norm?