HAFT-SEEN screened twice at EPALF (East Portland Arts & Literary Festival) on September 23rd.
Then the Northwest Film Center screened HAFT-SEEN at the Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum on September 26th.
Thank you to everyone who attended, who contributed to the film, and who made these events possible.
A long-term dream I've had is coming true: we're having a screening at the NW Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum. LINK TO INFO
The night will include:
Haft-Seen by Stacey Tran, Jonathan Raissi, and myself
Field Theories by Samiya Bashir, keyon gaskin, and myself
Sight by Kalimah Abioto
Many thanks to everyone who made this possible.
I have the tremendous honor to present at PICA's TBA Festival this year. With Samiya Bashir, Shayla Lawson, Dao Strom and Ronaldo V. Wilson, we will be creating a multimedia performance – music, sound, text, film. September 12, 2017 from 6:30 - 7:30pm at PICA's NE Hancock location.
LINK TO PORTLAND MONTHLY COVERAGE
I had the tremendous honor of contributing to Takahiro Yamamoto's book Direct Path to Detour, as well as to the group show that marked the book's release.
-Contributors-
Takahiro Yamamoto
Sofia Acosta Rascon
sidony o'neal
Sachi Sekimoto
Roland Dahwen Wu
Rachel Cook
Lu Yim
Lisa Jarrett
Jesse Mejía
Julian Barnett
Erin Boberg Doughton
Drew Klein
Angela Mattox
Published by Container Corps in Portland, Oregon
More information about the book and how to order here
A few photographs of the show by Jonathan Raissi, below.
As part of De-Canon's programing during the month of August, we will be screening HAFT-SEEN (30 minutes, digital, color) on August 16 at UNA Gallery. Stacey Tran, Jonathan Raissi and I created HAFT-SEEN together, with the participation of many incredible people. Doors at 8pm, screening shortly after.
De-Canon's opening at UNA Gallery is August 3.
De-Canon is doing a month of programs at UNA Gallery. There will be performances, readings, screenings, and more. The installation will include a video of mine «We are all the production line (part II)» (4 minutes, 8mm, black and white), as well as «Flowers», a video I made for Dao Strom and «Field Theories», a series of videos I made for Samiya Bashir. Press release.
still frame from «We are all the production line (part II)». Patuá Films, 2017
Takahiro Yamamoto's book release and group show is August 3 at Compliance Division
There will be art, sound, videos, and more from many beautiful artists. I'll be showing a very short video installation entitled «present day boundaries shown». Two of my photographs and two texts are also included in Taka's book Direct Path to Detour, printed by Container Corps.
still frame from «present day boundaries shown». Patuá Films 2017
still frame from «present day boundaries shown». Patuá Films 2017
My friend Nick Delffs releases his new record «Redesign» on July 21st.
I took this foto of him while we were filming the music video for «Golden House» and months later, after I had forgotten about it, he asked to use it for his new record.
More about Nick and the record here.
Se estrena «Ojos del sol» – nuevo music video de Y La Bamba, producido por Patuá Films. Filmé y edité este video.
Trailer #3
HAFT-SEEN
Stacey Tran • Jonathan Raissi • Roland Dahwen Wu
7pm • 3.15.17
High Low Gallery
936 SE 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Trailer #2
HAFT-SEEN
Stacey Tran • Jonathan Raissi • Roland Dahwen Wu
7pm • 3.15.17
High Low Gallery
936 SE 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
HAFT-SEEN
Stacey Tran • Jonathan Raissi • Roland Dahwen Wu
7pm • 3.15.17 • High Low Gallery
936 SE 34th Ave, Portland, OR 97214
poster and trailer, below:
Last summer, Samiya Bashir and I sat down to talk about making a video for her book of poetry FIELD THEORIES (Nightboat Books, 2017). One video became six: one per month until the book's release. We worked with the incomparable movement artist keyon gaskin who appears in all six videos, and many generous people participated in Field Theories #4. The six videos will be woven together into one continuous film for the month of March.
I'm honored and proud to share Field Theories #6 (February):
I was searching for a foto that a friend wanted to use for their album cover, and I found a ton of fotos that I had forgotten. These are discards from the last couple years – fotos that I ignored, but now, seeing them with new eyes, they were perhaps unworthy of dismissal. From Hong Kong, Portland, Texas.
I had the tremendous fortune to document Intisar Abioto's dance rehearsal at the Portland Art Museum in November. Special thanks to the Museum and to Betsy Konop, who allowed us to film in the museum with freedom.
Intisar has a show at the White Box Gallery in Portland for the month of February, and the film that I made will be part of the exhibit, as a video installation.
«Intisar Abioto»
single-channel video
21 minutes. color
Opening Reception Friday, February 3
5:00 p.m. White Box Gallery
February 3 - February 25, 2017
