rainstick: raincoat
For this project, we first developed a vision by researching through our eyes. Previously, I had been in the library and came across a series of books about felting. I loved the way I could morph the fibers together to create a large patch of fabric or to pile them into floral shapes. After learning about his technique, I decided to visit the Botanical Garden in Brooklyn to look at flowers. However, because it was still cold, there weren’t any to look at. Instead, got really inspired by the Bonsai trees I saw, I loved the way the contours would wind in a whimsical way. I decided to take the winding nature of the bonsai trees and mimic it in the fibers of the wool.
For this project, we first developed a vision by researching through our eyes. Previously, I had been in the library and came across a series of books about felting. I loved the way I could morph the fibers together to create a large patch of fabric or to pile them into floral shapes. After learning about his technique, I decided to visit the Botanical Garden in Brooklyn to look at flowers. However, because it was still cold, there weren’t any to look at. Instead, got really inspired by the Bonsai trees I saw, I loved the way the contours would wind in a whimsical way. I decided to take the winding nature of the bonsai trees and mimic it in the fibers of the wool.
For this project, we first developed a vision by researching through our eyes. Previously, I had been in the library and came across a series of books about felting. I loved the way I could morph the fibers together to create a large patch of fabric or to pile them into floral shapes. After learning about his technique, I decided to visit the Botanical Garden in Brooklyn to look at flowers. However, because it was still cold, there weren’t any to look at. Instead, got really inspired by the Bonsai trees I saw, I loved the way the contours would wind in a whimsical way. I decided to take the winding nature of the bonsai trees and mimic it in the fibers of the wool.
storytelling through moving images
VIDEO ESSAY:
We often deliberately hide the truth from ourselves because it is too painful to express it verbally. I wrote a letter addressed to my mom where I reveal everything that was too difficult for me to admit. I have deconstructed the letter into an incomprehensible list of words before asking her to read it aloud.
Letters to You/ Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist, Costume Design, Journal Entry written by me, Audio by Pei-Fen Kou
Street Poems / Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist, and Cello Cover of Follow Me - Petit Biscuit by me
VISUAL PEOM:
conceptualizing relationships through the layering of color, movement and patterns.
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Instead of staring at the buildings that tower over us, or the people that brush by, I began looking at the words scattered around the city and the art within each one. After capturing about 200 words, I became inspired by the spontaneous nature of the words that I had gathered and wrote this poem that speaks the city’s streets.
MONTAGE:
a celebration of love as I capture the emotion and sweet moments of two families coming together after a long year quarantined year apart.
Engagement Party Montage / Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist, Illustration by me
Mochi Magazine Anniversary Celebration Video / Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist