VIDEO
VIDEO
I have directed, edited, produced, and created web documentaries, music sessions, video clips, and commissioned work.
Most of my interest are connected to stories that gravitate around music, culture, human rights, memory, and Latinamerican immigration in the United States.
My work has been featured in Noisey VICE, NY1, Lincoln Center, and many more.
LATEST WORK
“Where We Were Safe” - Interactive documentary (In post production)
This is an interactive oral history map/archive about the lost and destroyed places of Salsa music in NYC. The project opens the discussion about how these places helped the Latino community to mediate dynamics of resistance during the abrasive 1970s.
Direction
THE GREEN - Short doc
Set designer Mimi Lien talks about the design of The GREEN, a participatory public art installation at Lincoln Center
Edition
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21 - Short doc
Narcy is an Ecuadorian immigrant who in embarking in one of the most nerve-wracking moments in her life: returning to her country after 21 years. This portrait explores her feelings before getting on the plane and reuniting with her father.
Director, photography & edition
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VR/AR
I am interested in exploring non-traditional narrative landscapes by mixing documentary and VR/AR. As a transmedia storyteller, my work focuses on including and reimagine Latin-American stories through new technologies.
Two of my pieces were exhibited in Mixed Messages 2020, the annual exposition curated by The New School that showcases the best graduate new media projects.
Camilo Egas Never Left Ecuador- (Virtual Reality)
"Calle 14" (14th Street) is one of the most enigmatic paintings by Ecuadorian Artist Camilo Egas. Painted in 1937 in New York City, it is a visual response to the aftermath of the great depression, in which a beaten and engulfed man is portrayed in a lonely and cold subway station.
This painting was recreated in VR to experience it outside of the limitations of the second dimension. This immersive approach enables us to render a new meaning of the painting and to extend its narrative inspired by a testimony provided by Eric, Camilo´s son, which gives insights about the artist´s memory, identity, and sense of belonging.
Eric’s testimony appears in Camilo Egas: A Secret Man (2009), a documentary directed by Santiago Carcelén Cornejo.
Roles: Concept, production, and design.
Explore the history of Salsa (Augmented Reality)
On August 21st, 1971, a New York City Latin band called Fania All-Stars played on the Cheetah Club in Midtown Manhattan. Many historians and ethnomusicologists consider this concert as one of the most important events in the history of Latin music because it gave birth to the “concept” of what we know as “salsa.”
By using augmented reality (AR), this project not only unfolds the liner notes of the live album recorded that night, but also provides an interactive storytelling experience. By merging archive material such as video, photography, and audio, this AR piece allows the audience to explore the history behind this seminal event in Latin culture in the US.
Roles: Concept, production, and design.
