Holding On
Video and Animation Projects
Holding On, 2018. 63sec, no audio.
Digital animation over digital photo of acrylic painting.
Us Talking, 2018. 1min 49sec, audio.
The audio in this video includes: recordings of children seeking asylum at the US border in Texas, 2018; the May Day Parade in Chicago, 2006 (credit: Ignotus at Free sound.org); and a refugee rights protest in London, 2016.
Concepción (Topography), 2014. 2min 49sec, audio.
This is based on an abstract portrait of a fictional character named Concepción. In this video, she searches for understanding through self-reflection.
It’s still, 2013. 2min 20sec, audio.
My heart is still beating even though time stood still the moment I found out my nephew was killed in Afghanistan,.
The Interview, 2011. 7min 9sec, audio.
The script I wrote and used here was originally read by another artist in Miami, Dec. 2010. In this video, I used google translator to ask myself the questions I wish someone had asked me.
Inquieta/in quiet a, 2011. 5min 30sec, no audio.
Inquieta/in quiet a is a silent video of a solo performance I did in 2011. I try to reconcile my family’s history with my personal one, and these experiences co-exist and repel each other, familiar opposites that live separated by a border inside my mind.