BRONZE, BRAZZ, JAZZ , A Virtual Reality Experience
Presented at the 33rd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival as part of "Bronzeville, Little Tokyo", a 2-day multi-media and site-specific activation of Historic First Street North.
Film Link Below
BRONZE, BRASS, JAZZ Credits:
Co-Directors: Javier Barboza of Kaleidoscope Media Studio & Maya Santos of Form follows Function
VR Director: Adriana Copete
VR Editor: Reggie Lamar Ford
Co-Producers: Javier Barboza, Eseel Borlasa, Joel Quizon
Executive Producers: Visual Communications, Eseel Borlasa
Original Score: Dexter Story Music Publishing
VR Tech Consultant: Vicki Huang
Assistant Animator: Meejin Hong 3D
Modeler: Eric Pato
Sound Designer: Eric Pepper
Titles: Robert Calcagno
Research: Kathie Foley-Meyer, Maya Santos, Eseel Borlasa
Presented at the 33rd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival as part of "Bronzeville, Little Tokyo", a 2-day multi-media and site-specific activation of Historic First Street North.
fffmedia.com/bronzeville
festival.vconline.org/2017/films/bronzeville/ festival.vconline.org/2017
Funded by California Arts Council, with support from Little Tokyo Service Center +LAB
BRONZE, a combination of metals from the earth BRASS, most commonly used for wind instruments JAZZ, an American musical movement Los Angeles Little Tokyo 1942
BRONZEVILLE
BRONZE, BRASS, JAZZ is a surreal documentary journey of a place and time that lasted for roughly three years in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles in the 1940's when the Japanese were incarcerated during WWII.
Its name was Bronzeville and among the many thousands of African-Americans who lived, worked, and owned businesses there, were places known as Breakfast Clubs; late night diners and bars that was home to a booming jazz scene...where a band's first set began at 1am and breakfast was served for those just getting off work in the early morning. In this 3-minute VR animation, a phantasm of Charlie Parker roams these same Bronzeville streets as he has before, replaying the same gig at Finale Club (230 1/2 East First Street) every night for all eternity, while history continues to repeat itself like a dream.
Sangre y Aceite /Blood & Oil Augmented Reality Experience
Águila alas de engañoso destino manifiesto: Sangre y Aceite
Eagle wings of deceitful manifest destiny: Blood and oil
Augmented Reality AR Instagram filter I created in Toon boom 2D digital animation. The AR Instagram filter connects with qr code and with George Rodriguez sculpture frame and John Gomez ceramic relief design.
Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, WA, USA
Magic Gardens Gallery Philadelphia
Philadelphia Airport Gallery display
Full description of the AR Installation.
Eagle wings of deceitful manifest destiny: Blood and oil. The majestic eagle, bird of prey. Hunted to extinction. A symbol mutated under the flag of the USA, Mexico and other countries . A US world symbol of imperialism, capitalism of manifest destiny. Decapitated eagle head in a box. Its wings clipped and hung in display..... This is freedom! Wings trapped in the ghost of the shell of technologic AR.
Sangre y Aceite