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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 – «Flower Diatribe #1» for Dao Strom in Poetry Northwest /
Dao Strom's piece «Flower Diatribe #1» is featured in Poetry Northwest, along with the video we made together. Words and voice by Dao Strom, sound by Barry Brusseau, video by Roland Dahwen Wu.
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:
Notes - HAFT-SEEN with Stacey Tran and Jonathan Raissi (trailer #3) /
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
Notes - HAFT-SEEN with Stacey Tran and Jonathan Raissi (trailer #2) /
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
Notes - HAFT-SEEN with Stacey Tran and Jonathan Raissi (trailer) /
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:
Notes - Field Theories (with Samiya Bashir and keyon gaskin) /
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):