Patuá Films

BORRUFA PREMIERE AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / March 6, 2020 by Roland Dahwen

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.

Notes – Upcoming events / January 7, 2020 by Roland Dahwen

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 / May 31, 2019 by Roland Dahwen

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 / March 24, 2018 by Roland Dahwen

Our production house, Patuá Films, now has a new website: patuafilms.com

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Notes – «Ojos del Sol» in Portland Music Video Festival / February 23, 2018 by Roland Dahwen

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 / November 11, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

Dao Strom's work is featured on OPB's Oregon Art Beat, including a few videos that she and I worked on together.

Link to article and video

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Notes – with Takahiro Yamamoto for 'ICONIC' show / November 9, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

Takahiro Yamamoto and I created a video for last week's ICONIC show – a fundraiser for Linda Austin's Performance Works Northwest. INFO

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Notes – «MAY 35» at Northwest Filmmakers' Festival / October 14, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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.

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Notes – «There are no birds in the nests of yesterday» / October 14, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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 / September 30, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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 / August 31, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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.

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Notes - TBA Festival performance - September 12 / August 21, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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 INFO

LINK TO PORTLAND MONTHLY COVERAGE

Notes - HAFT-SEEN at UNA Gallery / August 17, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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) / August 17, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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 / July 25, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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.

INFO

still frame from «We are all the production line (part II)». Patuá Films, 2017

Notes - Direct Path to Detour / July 25, 2017 by Roland Dahwen

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.

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