"Memory Layers" is a generative art series that transforms moments in time into intricate abstract compositions. Each work begins with a “memory seed,” a specific date and time, drawn from the "Memories" series. From this seed, a generative script extracts thin slices of the original composition and reassembles them into new layered forms. The process creates a dialogue between human intuition and computational logic, where structure and unpredictability shape the outcome together.
The algorithm rearranges fragments into layered fields, echoing the way memory itself is reshaped and reinterpreted over time. Each thin strip, while only a fraction of a whole, carries its own energy and reveal how rearranged details create new meaning. "Memory Layers" ultimately reflects the nonlinear path of memory and growth, where precision meets subconscious flow, and where every fragment contributes to a living whole.
Memory Layers: Rochester Historic Homes
This series reflects on how personal stories of home shape civic identity and place. By weaving photographic details of Rochester’s historic residences with generative layers, the works reimagine architecture as memory, revealing how private histories contribute to the collective fabric of the city.
George Eastman House reflects the city’s role in shaping modern photography, image-making, and innovation.
Technological Innovation "Memory Seed:" 1888, the year Kodak camera was introduced, linking Eastman’s personal vision with the city’s global identity as the “Image City.”
Strong-Todd House is one of the oldest on East Avenue, and speaks to Rochester’s early settlement and endurance.
Civic Birth "Memory Seed:" 1834, the year Rochester officially became a city, situating the home as a witness to civic birth and transformation.
Hiram W. Sibley House connects to Rochester’s industrial and philanthropic legacy.
Home Construction "Memory Seed:" 1869, the year the house was constructed, marking the intertwining of private ambition and Rochester’s industrial expansion.
Memory Layers: Los Angeles Iconic Landmarks
This series explores civic identity through Los Angeles’s landmarks, where architecture becomes a mirror of dreams, ambition, and achievement. Each composition reframes the symbolic importance of these sites, layering fragments of the city’s past with generative echoes that speak to its evolving future.
Memory Layers: Nature
This series traces the boundary between perception and recollection through elemental forms. Water, light, sky, and trees appear as universal symbols of renewal, wonder, transience, and resilience. Filtered through the haze of memory, they dissolve into fields of color and form, inviting viewers to drift between the seen and the remembered, where nature itself becomes a vessel for shared memory.