what is always there (dec 2017) - an experimental visual music piece exploring layers, patterns, and repetition. music by SHXCXCHCXSH.

Official Selection of San Diego Underground Film Festival and Athens AnimFest.

auto-animation and sound from phone recordings

boids (june 2017) - a collaboration with musician rosie tucker completed in three days using auto-animation techniques and old voice memos of birdsong and rain

Short visual music experiments with cloth simulation, projected on a 70'x12' screen at Rhythms + Visions: Expanded + Live 3, University of Southern California, April 28, 2017. Music by Bryan Curt Kostors, Groundislava, and Christian Robinson.

rustle (april 2017) - experiments in cloth simulation with music from Compass Ion, Bryan Kostors, and Groundislava, on a 70' x 12' screen at Rhythms + Visions: Expanded + Live 3 (press). adapted for the Women in Games International + Two Bit Circus Gala here. 

“West Adams (29th and Halldale)” was shot using the Jaunt One 360 camera, and created with a generous grant from the Jaunt Cinematic VR Lab at the University of Southern California. Describing indeterminacy, the composer John Cage said, “My intention is to let things be themselves.” “West Adams (29th and Halldale)”, is an experiment in the composition of visual music, inspired by years of living and walking around the Los Angeles neighborhood. I wanted to take Cage’s ideas of indeterminacy and the ordinary into creating 360 video by setting up a camera on a residential street corner, recording for exactly one minute, and using whatever was captured in that minute to create animation. The animation itself was inspired by learning about the concept of motion in Athabaskan or Dene languages from the folklore scholar Tok Thompson. And the composition of the animation in time was inspired by its two soundtracks, the lush Yosi Horikawa track “Bubbles” and the audio recorded with the video, of the corner of 29th St. and Halldale Ave., just as they are. Director: Cecilia Sweet-Coll Music: Yosi Horikawa Camera and Sound Operator: Shaoyu Su Assistant On Set: Hayley Pasley Faculty Advisor: Candace Reckinger

West Adams (29th and Halldale) (jan 2017) - an ode to the los angeles neighborhood inspired by composer John Cage's use of indeterminacy and by conceptions of motion in Athabaskan languages. we set up a 360 camera on a residential street corner, recorded for one minute, and used the results to create animation, experimenting with timing both to music and to the sound of the environment. funded by a generous grant from the Jaunt Cinematic VR Lab at the University of Southern California, and shot on the Jaunt One 360 camera. official selection of VRSC Fest 2017.

A visual music piece in 360° exploring the Buddhist concept of impermanence. Completed as a senior project in Animation and Digital Arts at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Directed by Cecilia Sweet-Coll Music by Imaginal Cell Dancers: Stevie Gibbs, Katrina Miller, Emily Rawl Motion Capture Assistants: Matthew Steidl, Connor Kerrigan Faculty Advisors: Michael Patterson, Maks Naporowski, Eric Hanson Funded by a grant from the Princess Grace Foundation

Anicca (may 2016) - a visual music piece in 360° reflecting on the Buddhist concept of impermanence. a collaboration with musician Compass Ion using motion capture of dancers Stevie Gibbs, Katrina Miller, and Emily Rawl. completed as a senior thesis in Animation and Digital Arts at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. funded by a grant from the Princess Grace Foundation. 1st Place in 360 Animation at VRSC Fest 2016. Semifinalist for Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Presented at VR Visual Music Lounge at Rhythms + Visions / Expanded + Live 3. Official Selection of Adobe First Frame (Los Angeles, CA), Ivy Film Festival (Providence, RI), Nonplussed Fest (Los Angeles, CA), LifeArt Media Festival (Athens, Greece), Split Film Festival (Split, Croatia), and San Francisco Dance Film Festival (San Francisco, CA). 

Tiny Tortures (may 2015) - an unofficial music video for the Flying Lotus track, this was an experiment and a proof-of-concept for the melding of CG animation, 2D rotoscope, music, and dance that would become my thesis film "Anicca". 

 

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