Film:
Moving Image Works
Likas
This film thematically explores the artists’ identity as a “white passing” Filipino American, and the title is a reference to a skin whitening soap primarily used in the Philippines. Rice is an important ingredient in Filipino food, acting as a base to most meals. The film incoporates found audio of a man explaining how to properly cook rice. The music played in the background is a Filipino traditional song played for a dance called Binisuan, where women must balance cups of water in their hands and head while performing a difficult dance.
If My Body Were Numb
Film inspired by personal experience exploring how the physical body carries memory and touch. This work acts as intimate visual poetry, pairing a voice over with close up scenes of the artist engaging in a morning routine within the home.
I Really Hate Spiders
Rhythmic film metaphorically investigating the theme of a spider as language for learned psychological coping mechanisms. Disjointed scenes from the home and of the body are stitched and pieced together, creating a visual narrative that acts as a self portrait and window into the inner thoughts of the artist.