Artwork selected for museum exhibition. Designed original Halloween costumes, hand-sewed clothing for Barbie dolls, collected magazines, and developed an early fascination with fashion, aesthetics, visual storytelling, and imagined worlds.

Habbo Hotel • IMVU • YouTube • Digital Identity

The beginning.

Virtual worlds, avatars, online communities, graphic design, coding, and early content creation.

Highlights

• Habbo Hotel (@MzSinceer)
• IMVU (@MZG33KALIOUZ → iiR3trOx)
• Stardoll, Club Penguin, Meez, Millsberry, Neopets
• RuneScape
• Bebo, MySpace, Twitter
• Built and coded MySpace layouts
• Edited graphics and profile designs
• First YouTube uploads
• First lyric video (36K+ views)
• First speed edits
• Virtual fashion shows
• DIV layout tutorials
• IMVU Spring Fashion Show Mix (116K+ views)

Identity

• Highdreamer_

Writing • Publishing • Journalism • Documentation

Learning through observation, publishing, and participation.

Highlights

• hustlegrl
• Clothing Brain
• Diggy Simmons fan media project (@Culturic)
• Pro Era collaborative publication
• Tumblr communities
• GIF creation
• Lyric videos
• First article published
• iokec.com launched
• Website coding and branding
• First interviews published
• Fashion, music, and visual culture writing
• First solo travel experiences
• Chicago — Smokers Club Tour
• Met Joey Bada$$
• Under The Influence of Music Tour

Identity

• Iokeculture

Interviews • Events • Publishing • Creative Networks

Moving from observer to participant.

Highlights

• Face A Face
• Chreece contributor
• Press credentials
• Community documentation
• Continued independent publishing
• Pattern Indy
• General Public Collective
• Detroit — Saba concert
• Met Saba
• Chicago — Soulection
• Met Joe Kay
• Human Design discovery

Identity

• Thezuriali

Reinvention • Sound • Symbolism

A period of personal and creative transformation.

Highlights

• Aïssa Agave established
• sweetgarbij publication begins
• First astrology studies
• First natal chart reading
• First spiritual reading
• First astrology clients
• First paid DJ set (Courtland)
• Professional DJ journey begins
• Listen Hear
• Early event curation expansion

Identities

• Aïssa Agave
• Nirrti Azül

DJing • Curation • Systems Building

Building structures, communities, experiences, and creative frameworks.

Highlights

• State Street Pub
• Invite Only Parties
• Club Plex
• Real Fest
• Indy Pride
• Swvng Fest
• Sajin
• RE:PUBLIC
• 10 East Art Hub
• Human Design studies
• Degree Theory studies
• Lucki Eight established

Identities

• Aïssa Agave
• Nirrti Azül
• Lucki Eight

Research • Publishing • Documentation

Connecting years of work into a larger body of research and documentation.

Highlights

• Halfmoonbk
• Daisy Chain
• Our Bar (Atlanta)
• Playground ATL
• Black Circle Indy
• Major Taylor Velodrome
• Club Cunt
• Mad Griddle
• Tube Factory
• Continued performances and curation
• Archive development
• Observatory framework
• Digital archaeology
• Research systems
• Moodboard systems

Archive Building • Publishing • Experiences • World Creation

A period focused on preservation, travel, publishing, and expanding creative worlds.

Highlights

• Treehouse
• Fountain Square Brew Co
• Da Crittenden
• Marilyn Rose Center
• Healer
• World Famous Hotboys
• 1656 Club
• Hoosier Dome
• First international travel chapter
• Multiple countries and cities documented
• Travel archive expansion
• The Correspondence
• AissaAgave.com
• Cultural documentation
• Archive collections

Current Worlds:

• Aïssa Agave
• Nirrti Azül
• Lucki Eight
• The Correspondence

Noctivara

Hospitality • Travel • Atmosphere • Publishing • Experiences

The worlds becoming places

Future interests include cultural documentation, publishing, travel, archives, immersive experiences, and the continued development of interconnected creative ecosystems.