i'm kyle, an artist-researcher trying to live well on a damaged planet.

i use community and computing as creative mediums, seeding playful ritual gatherings. i facilitate, write, design, draw, dj, bake, paint, study, strategize, teach, collaborate, build, destroy, dance, and spend a lot of time upside down.

i'm one half of chimeras collective, hosting interspecies gatherings and classes that re-enchant the urban ecologies of nyc. and i'm one half of tomorrow soup, creating alternative social and digital spaces for communal care, queer joy, and climate grief.

teaching

i am a social practice artist; i teach and facilitate in non-institutional, non-hierarchical spaces.

6.25 - 7.25

a class about technological embodiment.

6.25

a class attending to disgust and urban vermin: rats, pigeons, cockroaches. with the strother school of radical attention.

10.24 - 11.24

a class of philosophical & embodied explorations of our creature worlds.

7.24 -

fugitive study and practice on the streets of nyc, with the strother school of radical attention.

symbiotic futures guest lecture

3.24

a becoming creature guest workshop for pratt masters in communication design course, symbiotic futures. as chimeras collective.

laboratories of contemporary surveillance

1.24

an experimental dinner seminar series. with meher hans.

writing

writing to metabolize my experience of the world through analysis of culture, science, and creativity. open to collaborations on aligned writing projects; reach out!

9.20 -

diy personal newsletter for sharing my creative thinking.

1.25 -

events i (and friends) host in nyc. sent every first and third quarter moon.

6.25 -

monthly dispatches sharing explorations and upcoming programming by chimeras collective.

6.25

considering the vermin with artist-researcher kyle barnes.

on exactitude in climate science

4.24

climate models could become infrastructure for our collective knowledge -- but the choices we make in building these simulated worlds matter.

9.23

towards a cyborg climate science.

mournful design for critical climate futures

5.22

A theory of design and HCI calling for more speculative, emotive, and ecologically engaged projects that create critical climate futures. as tomorrow soup.

art

projects in visual art, performance, and speculative design. i am medium agnostic, more interested in community and collaboration than curation and polish.

9.19 -

a sample of some minimal, fluxus-inspired performances of coming-together.

9.23

speculative planetary performance collapsing capitalist and geological time.

5.22

a participatory digital memorial holding space for climate grief, as tomorrow soup.

5.22

a generative web installation about surveillance and data, as tomorrow soup.

7.20

internet art in response to the massive proliferation of 'Instagram activism'

1.20

mixed media sonification of climate data, under mentorship of Laurie Anderson.

12.19

wearable technology for critical engagement with invisible borders.

3.19

art-inspired fashion show in collaboration with the princeton university art museum.

5.19

generative art creating abstracted tibetan sand mandalas.

professional

i'm available for freelance design and strategy: i work on early-stage projects building ecological resilience and creative capacity. reach out to collaborate on product design, experience design, community building and strategy.

representable

10.19 -

co-founder and executive director of a community mapping platform to fight gerrymandering.

electoral innovation lab

12.23 -

board member and technical lead for data-driven democracy reform.

clay

3.24 - 11.24

fellow at open-source foundation model for earth observation data.

climate change AI

7.24 - 9.24

strategy for project visualizing climate data gaps. with external affairs.

homeworld collective

10.23 - 3.24

lead of product and design for automated techno-economic analysis tool.

climate institute

3.23 - 10.23

data and strategy for $400M climate science funding program.

maya keren music

5.23

diy site for nyc based experimental musician.

democratic data exchange

9.22 - 3.23

product manager building new reporting tools for the largest dataset in democratic politics.

gatherings

seeding rituals and designing experiences for diy community building and ecological connection.

moon parties

9.20 -

ritual celebration every full moon. moon party pic

cornbread pop-ups

5.24 -

baking cornbread, sharing with neighbors at fairs and farmers markets, raising funds for palestine. moon party pic

egg tour

4.25

guided tour of egg-themed spots around new york city. more to come. moon party pic

computer care cafe

9.23, 4.25

a spa for you and your laptop. as tomorrow soup. moon party pic

goodbye ctfxc16502

2.25

a memorial for my laptop. a computer cleanse. moon party pic

be-in

11.24

a post-election be-in for being with community. with amalia mayorga. moon party pic

a ritual for haunted landscapes

9.24, 10.24

a ritual for honoring the ghosts of our local land. in woodstock and brooklyn, ny. moon party pic

exchange of fascinations

9.23

a workshop bringing together climate scientists and artists to create around uncertainty. designed an accompanying zine/poster. moon party pic

beetles

9.23

an interspecies gathering honoring the aesthetic, cultural, and scientific impacts of beetles. as chimeras collective.

interregna

5.23

a ritual for climate grief, at con/crit/tec residency. as tomorrow soup. moon party pic

in found soil, in order to bloom

3.23

a ritual honoring soil. as tomorrow soup. moon party pic