Wheels de Amor at No Man’s Land FF

Very excited for a bit of good news right now: Wheels de Amor, a short doc that I played a part in making, is an official selection for No Man's Land Film Festival’s flagship program in Denver this March! The space No Man’s Land is cultivating in outdoor sports for representation of women and gender-nonconforming … Continue reading Wheels de Amor at No Man’s Land FF

Poetics + Politics: Santa Cruz, 5/15–17

There's a great conference coming up hosted by the Film & Digital Media department at UCSC. Poetics & Politics will focus on bridging the gap between theory and practice in documentary film and interactive work. I'm very pleased to have been included in a panel on May 17 on Gentrification in San Francisco, where I'll … Continue reading Poetics + Politics: Santa Cruz, 5/15–17

UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

Oh hey, I was quoted in the Sentinel after being interviewed at the UCSC Graduate Research symposium, where I showed a 10-minute cut of footage from my Public/Transit project. There was a lot of great work presented, but, of course, I'm not at all biased when I say that the film and digital art projects … Continue reading UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

Cities, Media: Neon Hong Kong

There's no better visual shorthand for HK's hive-like urbanism than crowded streets beneath a glowing canopy of signs sprouting from nearly every available surface. The multicolored glare and audible electric sizzle of so many tubes blinking on and off is a deeply encoded childhood memory.

Found Subject

Found Subject is my latest documentary project, and follows Robert Larson, a peripatetic found-object artist, and a member of the Tannery live/work artist community. Born and raised in Santa Cruz, he has also lived and worked in the industrial spaces of Oakland. While many choose to view Santa Cruz as an idyllic beach community removed … Continue reading Found Subject