Sol Island Media Works

Agua Florida: Free-Swimming Fish

Dinorah — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:15:30 +0000

SoBay Cultural Arts Festival * February 18, 2012/7PM * Deering Estate * 16701 SW 72nd Ave. Miami, FL *This work addresses the history, energy and ecological importance of Florida’s waterways and the Everglades in particular via references to historical and supernatural anecdotes associated with the wetlands around the Deering Estate, a spot [...]

RUINS

Dinorah — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:07:23 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpmPEHhvwY Coming soon to haunt a café near YOU! Premiering at the Miami Beach Cinematheque Café 1130 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach December 1-4, 2011 Opening Reception December 2nd 7-10PM Created by Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez. Starring Anita Ponton. Special thanks to Kevin McLeod for royalty-free music used in the film trailer. This project uses fleeting [...]

SONAMBULA

Dinorah — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:56:24 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACnNLJ2h0M A disjointed experimental narrative that humorously explores the concept of sleepwalking and traveling through the terrain of the subconscious via the use of found footage, this work features such legendary movie icons as Betty Boop and the Sleepwalker from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Created by hand scratching and hand-coloring 16mm celluloid film, and [...]

Miami Remix

Dinorah — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:51:39 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhTS1TvNNc An abstract trance film by Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez created from 16mm film footage originally shot at various outdoor locations across Miami as well as animated drawings depicting the subtropical landscape. The film footage is then hand-scratched, digitized and processed into a kaleidoscope of abstract forms. This work was on display in the gallery [...]

ELUSIVE LANDSCAPE

Dinorah — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:27:30 +0000

Five site-specific outdoor installations composed of hand-crafted film animations projected into foliage and trees at five public locations across Miami from June-October 2010.

Ellos y Nosotros

Dinorah — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 03:19:59 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw_MmNV0v7c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osJas0dZUwY Ellos y Nosotros: Them and Us An installation consisting of two empty and disassembled bird cages and two identical videos created from hand-scratched film footage projected onto the bifurcated ceiling of the Project Room at Hollywood Art and Culture Center. 2010

Swallowing the Moon

Dinorah — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:54:36 +0000

A dance theater piece by Brazilian choreographer Lucia Aratanha that combines experimental movement with multiple screen projections to create a visual and sensory adaptation of the short story “Amor” by Clarice Lispector. Presented by Miami Light Project Here and Now Festival at the Carnival Studio Theater, Miami, with music and sound design by Ricardo Lastre. [...]

IN A GADDA DA VIDA

Dinorah — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:07:51 +0000

A music video depicting the plight of Earth Mother’s Daughter through the process of global overdevelopment via the use of found footage and psychedlic effects. Music by Fred Ho and the Green Monster Big Band. 2010, 05:14

casas viajantes

Dinorah — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 04:44:39 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZCamTu5Rpg A moving image installation created to showcase kinetic sculptures by Erman, this work addresses the psychology of immigration and relocation through the use of digital video combined with hand-crafted 16mm found footage. The work was originally shown as a giant projection on a gallery wall alongside the sculptures that appear within the work. 2008

ephemera

Dinorah — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:40:09 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYgoCZYIKIE An installation in which a film has been deconstructed and hung in strips from a Grand Poinciana tree, while a video made from the same film strips is projected alongside of it. This installation was presented outdoors at Miami Beach Botanical Garden as part of the Sleepless Night 2009 event in collaboration with Momentum [...]

elixir

Dinorah — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:40:27 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNbBInDjJ-I The seventh movement of “female alchemy: a videosymphony in seven movements” this piece was created as part of a step-by-step guide to womanhood dedicated to the artist’s daughters and designed to explore, honor and celebrate the many phases, choices and transits that make up a woman’s life. Created using direct filmmaking techniques, hand-scratching and [...]

Parlor Tricks

Dinorah — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:55:52 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNt9eOVQXdM A beautiful bride suffers from an existential crisis while fluttering inside and outside of her cage. Directed and edited by Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, cinematography by Isabel Cuervo, with actress Om Daya and music by award-winning composer Gabriela Lena Frank. Filmed at the abandoned zoo in Key Biscayne, Florida, the piece has been presented [...]