two films at the end of my undergrad career

Three months ago, I collaborated with Chinatown Community Development Center in San Francisco to make a video for them--for them to use something fun and interactive and interesting for their fundraising kick-offs or special events.  I screened this on Chinatown CDC's Fundraising Kick-Off on April 28th:



Yesterday night, I screened my last short narrative, Walt Mack & Gatz, at the ATA with the rest of my 16 mm class and Motion Graphics.  If I had $350, a crew of 15 people, I would have done it on 16 mm but alas, I don't have that luxury.  Walt, Mack & Gatz is inspired by the ever awesome Misery Bear (which I've blogged about a month ago or two), following three little fellows unsupervised and up to no good.  Enjoy!



*Both videos were filmed on Panasonic HPX.

Dessert Soups 101: After Dark "Sugar" (12/2, Exploratorium)

'Snow Fungus and Papaya Dessert' (L)

'Sweet Potato Dessert' (R)

Two weeks ago, I added my own contribution to the Exploratorium's monthly After Dark event. December showcased sugar and after much misery and failure on my part and lots of help from the museum staff, I managed to finally put up my installation of a dual film presentation on two monitors. On the left was the Snow Fungus and Papaya and on the right, Sweet Potato. Each dessert parallels each other and through film that was edited to the millisecond, I wished to portray mirror images of sugar within these soups.

First public artwork, the whole event wiped me out, but it was a good feeling when things finally started rolling!