Stela
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I’m a visual artist and engineer who builds solar-powered machines and sculptural forms from discarded materials, using fieldwork, improvisation, and collaboration to transform waste into a rehearsal for more regenerative and mythic ways of living together.
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✣ Research & Areas of Focus ✻
City Building + Feeling
Mirrors as Technology
Solar (Photovoltaic) Power
Mirrors as Technology
- Sunlight Infrastructure
- Heliostats and Reflective Sculptures
- The Albedo Principle
- Solar Radiation Management
Solar (Photovoltaic) Power
- Solar-Powered Art and Culture
- Solarpunk Living
- Biophilic Design
Environmental Intervention, Ritual
Litter
Litter
- Local and Global Waste Distribution
- Belongings, Belonging (Future of Ownership)
- Archaeology of our Modern Lives
❦ Selected Works ❧
Mischief Lamp 2024
Robot Fashion Show 2024

A robot interaction researcher commissioned worker robots for the world’s first robot catwalk. I was tasked with building a ‘mechanic’ and dressing it in a way that defies gender, with a uniform that helps others understand its function and presence intuitively. The show was presented at the Clive Davis Institute at New York University in May 2024.
Miami 2021
Statue of Le Betty 2018


Apocalypse as a Rite of Passage
WRITING
Aria McManus Milk Magazine (print only)
Pushke/Pow Clog Magazine (print only)
A Mobile Notary Public Newest York
A Very Human Activity Newest York
Will Witnessing Newest York
Minutes of Wasted Hours Newest York
The Walls Have Eyes Newest York
Brooklyn Bars by Bus Newest York
Last Days of August Newest York
Our Perfect Botanical Man Newest York
Aria McManus Milk Magazine (print only)
Pushke/Pow Clog Magazine (print only)
A Mobile Notary Public Newest York
A Very Human Activity Newest York
Will Witnessing Newest York
Minutes of Wasted Hours Newest York
The Walls Have Eyes Newest York
Brooklyn Bars by Bus Newest York
Last Days of August Newest York
Our Perfect Botanical Man Newest York

