Remembrance has many forms. In the Mexican culture, the Day of the Dead is the holiday of remembering friends and family who leave this earth early. The Ofrenda or Altar tells their stories. I make them as an artform as a means of dealing with my own emotions, and also as a way to celebrate people. When I am overwhelmed by emotion, I process my feelings by creating
This video is a model for an original story, animation and video project I do with students.
9 Souls of Wat Promkunaram, an ofrenda of light and shadows, was created for the Desert Botanical Gardens in 2012.
This video was part of a larger altar for the Desert Botanical Gardens Day of the Dead Exhibit in 2011.
This Altar to the Grandfather of Ai, Alan Turing is constructed in a vintage cash box is inlaid with abalone and beetles wings. Clock work gears of various sizes create a pre-transistor motherboard.
Here I demo the working clock audio.
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