Low-Bit Legacies

Low-Bit Legacies is an immersive, low-tech web experience and physical installation that explores the cultural history of billiards within Black American communities during the Civil Rights era.

Set in a fictional Brooklyn community hall called The Rec Room NYC, the project follows a character named Ace as he discovers a framed photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. playing pool, a moment that triggers a surreal, interactive journey into a dreamlike world known as Dream Weaver. There, Ace encounters the ghost of pool legend Cisero Murphy, who shares the often-overlooked legacy of Black-owned billiards halls as spaces of strategy, solidarity, and storytelling.

Accompanying the digital narrative is a physically modified pool table, whose altered legs, skirt, rails, and felt serve as a sculptural extension of the story’s themes — reclaiming the table not just as a game surface, but as a visual artifact.