New video release:
Siletz Tribal Marine Monitoring
Made for the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Ecotrust, and The Nature Conservancy.
Watch the video here.
Learn more about the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians here.
Patuá Films
BORRUFA PREMIERE AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL /
After many years, Borrufa will premiere tomorrow at the Portland International Film Festival. One of eight films that are finalists for the Future/Future competition, Borrufa screens on March 7 and March 12, at the Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum.
Thank you to the hundreds of people, near and far, who have given time, ideas, resources, houses, food, equipment, criticism, encouragement, and belief to make this film possible.
Thank you to Portland Monthly for selecting Borrufa as one of their five Top Picks for PIFF2020, as well as for profiling me in their April issue.
Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz
Notes – Upcoming events /
Screening of TRAVELER’S ODE
(music and words by Dao Strom; directed by Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Winter Poetry Festival
5p, Sat Jan 11, 2020
PNCA
INFO
Visiting artist lecture – Roland Dahwen
at KSMoCA
10.20a, Thu Jan 23, 2020
KSMoCA
INFO
Screening of RIOS SUELTOS
(music video for Y La Bamba; co-directed by Luz Elena Mendoza and Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Reel Music Film Festival’s NW Music Video Showcase
7p, Wed Feb 12, 2020
Jupiter Next
INFO
Performance of PROPERTY OF OPAQUENESS
(Takahiro Yamamoto’s show, with Rana San and Roland Dahwen)
at Center for Contemporary Art and Culture
7p, Thu, Mar 19, 2020
PNCA
INFO
Notes – FIVAC video art festival in Cuba /
Thank you to the organizers of the Festival Internacional de Videoarte de Camagüey (FIVAC) for including my work in their festival April 22-29, 2019. Thank you also to Hector Remedios for the initial encouragement. And special thanks to Stephanie Snyder and the Cooley Gallery for their generous support.
Notes – new Patuá Films website /
Our production house, Patuá Films, now has a new website: patuafilms.com
Notes – «Ojos del Sol» in Portland Music Video Festival /
Y La Bamba's «Ojos del Sol» music video, made with Luz Elena Mendoza and a bunch of generous and talented folks, has been selected for the Portland Music Video Festival on March 7th at the Hollywood Theatre. Luz and I will do a Q&A after the screening. The festival starts at 7:30pm.
Notes – Dao Strom featured on OPB /
Dao Strom's work is featured on OPB's Oregon Art Beat, including a few videos that she and I worked on together.
Notes – with Takahiro Yamamoto for 'ICONIC' show /
Takahiro Yamamoto and I created a video for last week's ICONIC show – a fundraiser for Linda Austin's Performance Works Northwest. INFO
Notes – «MAY 35» at Northwest Filmmakers' Festival /
As part of NW Film Center's partnership with Kodak, I created this short film that will be shown at the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival, November 1 – 5, 2017.
«MAY 35»
2.5 mins. 8mm. 2017.
Notes – «There are no birds in the nests of yesterday» /
Last week in Seattle, I had the pleasure of speaking to three classes about my very first video work: «Ya no hay pájaros en los nidos de ayer» («There are no birds in the nests of yesterday»). Special thanks to Michael Harper for bringing me to visit his classes and screen the film.
Notes - HAFT-SEEN @ EPALF and Whitsell Auditorium /
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.
Notes - HAFT-SEEN and FIELD THEORIES at NW Film - Sept. 26 /
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.
Notes - TBA Festival performance - September 12 /
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
Notes - HAFT-SEEN at UNA Gallery /
Thank you to everyone who attended and organized last night's screening of HAFT-SEEN at UNA Gallery. The screening was part of De-Canon's programming at the gallery this month. Special thanks to Mercedes, Blair, Vanessa, Dao and Neil for making this possible.
Notes - Direct Path to Detour (book) /
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.
Notes - De-Canon (A Visibility Project) Opening at UNA Gallery /
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
Notes - Direct Path to Detour /
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
Notes - photography /
A few fotos from Mexico City – las calles, los pirámides, el museo de memoria y tolerancia...
Estreno del nuevo music video «Ojos del sol» /
Se estrena «Ojos del sol» – nuevo music video de Y La Bamba, producido por Patuá Films. Filmé y edité este video.
Notes - photography /
A few medium format photographs from the last months:
