This site-specific installation reimagines the legacy of John Joseph ("Johnny Joe"), a formerly enslaved 19th-century Afro-Caribbean from Martinique who established the legendary Johnny Joe’s Oyster House at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in what is now Prospect St in DUMBO. Through speculative history, this work examines how the oppressive reality of 19th-century legislation—such as the 1821 New York State Constitutional Property Requirement and occupational bans—legally obstructed Black entrepreneurs' rights to the pursuit of happiness.

As the inaugural Community Memory Fellow, I designed a site-specific augmented reality (AR) monument and mobile experience, collaborating with artists and historians to use emerging technology for historic preservation and social justice.