Kaigara




“Kaigara” means seashell in Japanese.

Cyber folk movement 

planetary loss, mixed heritage, and warped time. 

Homing is the ability of an animal to navigate towards an original location through unfamiliar areas.  This location may be either a home territory or a breeding location.  

not homing, but nesting

birds, rivers, interfaces

Amy’s background in classical music and climate science are front-and-center in her folk project, Kaigara. Self-identifying as “dark folk,” Kaigara is a receptacle for 


Amy graduated from Princeton University with a degree in climate science.

Amy enjoys reading poetry and nonfiction, biking along bodies of water,