Video/Preformance/Sound
A Better Life
Mediums: Adobe Premiere
My family immigrated to the United States in 2001 because they wanted a better life for themselves and their children. This is the image that desperate foreigners are given, a false hope in which USA helps them gain a better life. As the son of immigrants, I constantly wonder if the American Dream is real or if I would have been better off in Mexico.
This was a video project for my 4D Space and Temporality class
The American "Dream"
Mediums: Preformance Art, Adobe After Effects, Cannon Camera
Performance Art for 4D based on events currently going on in ICE Detention centers.
Credits:
Sexual Assault Victim • Sexual Assault In...
Inside of a Childrens ICE unit • Child migrants de...
Children sleeping beneath aluminum foil • 'Put in cages' or...
People lined up outside • How conditions in...
Raising a child in ICE • What It's Like To...
Voice of children inside of ICE center • Children separate... • The voices of chi...
Mother’s daughter dies in ICE • Migrant mother te...
Fragments of Childhood
Mediums: Adobe Audition
"Fragments of Childhood" is an art piece that takes the listener through fragments of my childhood and how being Chicano influenced it. I recall spending most of my days outside with other children in the heat, and listening to Mexican street venders slowly surround us. From here on the audio reflects how overwhelmed I would get from loud parties, family members shouting during futbol games, and the frequent fights that would break out around me.
Created for my 4D: Space and Temporality class
The cover image is another art work, "SPITE" and can be viewed on my Instagram.