Celebrations at Cousiño Park

火藥, burn my eyes

In 1967, Beulah struck Reynosa. Family survives through images from memory circling the wreck. Rituals of celebration and violence like hurricane, shift between dancing, cyanotypes, blue fire and lost family archive. We have come to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail. Thus invent colors that burn the eyelid like 火藥.

Los Funerales del Presidente Montt

i'm 22 now but i won't be for long

Made primarily using 35mm black & white stills film, which was developed and scanned at home, the film explores themes of memories, nostalgia, and our relationship to still and moving image and how those two mediums differ in regards to how we process the passing of time.

if you seek amy

Images from 2000s music videos are transferred onto the film strip, torn and abstracted until the visuals convulse and shift—a tactile, poetic exploration of materiality, memory, and medium.

A Flower

Somewhere between the mountains and valleys a small autumn flower bloomed.

The Long Rainbow

"The acid soil of New England, its wide stretches of hardwoods, its numerous sugar maples, its rolling or mountainous character, the sunshine of its autumn weather, all these contribute to the glory of this annual display. The birches of Maine the aspens of the White Mountains, the sugar Maples of Vermont, the long rainbow of the Connecticut River Valley cutting from top to bottom through New England, the Berkshires - mention these to anyone who has traveled widely through a New England fall and you will evoke instant memories of superlative beauty." -Edwin Way Teale, Autumn across America, 1956

Tide Pools

The sun rises over the tide pools of coastal Maine.

Leica – A Century of Vision

LEICA - A CENTURY OF VISION shows how the invention of the 35mm format revolutionized documentary photography. Featuring legendary and contemporary photographers the film reveals the camera's enduring power to capture history as it unfolds.

City with Dreams of the Sea

Short film of a general landscape about the saturation of the city. 35mm.

It Didn't Have To Happen

This film serves as a cautionary tale centered on industrial safety within a lumber mill, emphasizing the catastrophic consequences of neglecting machine guards and safety protocols. Through the experiences of various workers, the narrative highlights the transition from reckless habits—such as operating rip saws and jointers without proper protective equipment—to the implementation of life-saving measures like push blocks, splitters, and cylindrical cutter heads. By contrasting the stories of workers who suffered debilitating injuries with the success of those who adopted rigorous safety standards, the film underscores that workplace accidents are rarely unavoidable misfortunes, but rather the direct result of human error and the failure to respect the inherent dangers of heavy machinery.

More

A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.

The Wayfarer

Albert has spent his whole life wanting to travel but he has been stuck at home, living in a small town making enamel signs. He has saved up everything he has and reluctantly sells his home and livelihood to embark on this trip, a lifelong dream that will honor a deceased friend. But the journey he will embark on is not what he has anticipated.

Goddammit

Short film based on norwegian writer Jan Erik Vold's concrete poem with the same name, from Kykelipi (1969).

Binge!

A man watching TV stumbles upon his new favorite channel: himself.

The Chill of Loneliness

Two people attempt to connect over a great distance.

Inheritance

A mother and daughter murder their wealthy grandmother, but they get more than what they bargained for.

Sick Bird

Roberta must finish her art school thesis amid an anthropomorphic crisis of self-actualization in Northern Ontario.

The Singers

An impromptu singing contest at a dive bar turns a lonely night into a soul-baring moment of shared harmony.

thread, chain, beads, and tacks

Made with thread, chain, beads, tacks, hex nuts, bolts, steel eye pins, hooks, clasps, tracing paper, prints, IKEA paper measure, bobby pins, 35mm photographic film strip, 16mm film strips, nail polish, screenprint, mesh fabric and lace.

CONTRAST

In the span of a single day an ethnic narrator takes us through different people's lives in Honolulu while picking apart life itself in black and white 35mm.